Housebuilder lodges plans for largest ever scheme

Beal Homes has lodged plans for the first phase on an 800-home residential development on a site in East Yorkshire in what would be the biggest ever single scheme for the housebuilder.The company intends to build houses on a 73-acre site in Goole, East Yorkshire, over a 15-year period, creating a development with an estimated value of £130m.Outline planning consent was granted for development of the Goole site in 2016. Now, having secured the land, Beal has submitted a reserved matters application for the first phase of 196 open market properties and ten affordable homes, as well as a main access road and other essential infrastructure to open up the site.The site is located north of Rawcliffe Road and adjacent to the M62 and the wider development will include the provision of a new primary school and additional open space.Subject to planning approval, it is expected construction of the first homes will begin this summer.