Major land deal paves the way for hundreds of North Tyneside homes

Bellway and Banks Property have finalised the purchase of a 90-acre site in North Tyneside, paving the way for the creation of hundreds of homes.The site at Killingworth Moor will be known as Western Grange and will comprise 539 homes.The scheme has already secured planning permission from North Tyneside Council, and is due to be part of a wider neighbourhood at Killingworth Moor which will include up to 2,000 homes and 42-acres of employment land.Western Grange will include a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes alongside public open space.Access to the development from the south will be from the Great Lime Road/Forest Gate junction and from the north-west via Moorfield Drive.David McCrindle, managing director at Bellway North East, said: “This purchase is the next stage in the provision of hundreds of much-needed homes for this part of North Tyneside.”It paves the way for Bellway to create a thriving new neighbourhood, to be known as Western Grange, as part of the wider Killingworth Moor scheme.”With planning permission already in place for this well-designed development, we are looking forward to beginning work on site imminently.”Russ Hall, managing director at Banks Property, added: “The Western Grange development will provide more people with the chance to live in the place that they wish to be, and will also support the delivery of substantial new community infrastructure that will make a real, long-term difference to the amenities available to residents.”Having been the land developers of the nearby Forest Gate scheme and its extension, we’re excited to be seeing this much-needed new project move forward and we look forward to progressing our plans for the nearby second phase of the Killingworth Moor development.”