Almost 260 Warwickshire homes move forward

Land in Warwickshire has been purchased for the construction of almost 260 homes, with planning permission having been secured for the project.Countryside Partnerships, working with Homes England, has finalised the purchase of land for a development of 259 properties to be known as Windmill View at Upper Lighthorne, near Leamington Spa.Of the 259 homes being built in the first phase of the project, 130 will be affordable units owned and managed by Citizen following a forward-sale agreement. 129 will be sold on the open market under the Linden Homes brand.A further 280 homes are expected to be brought forward as part of a second phase on the site, and in total the wider development will eventually provide about 1,000 homes.Stephen Teagle, chief executive of Countryside Partnerships, said: “As the UK’s largest provider of multi-tenure, affordable homes, we always want to work with partners like Homes England and Citizen to deliver new developments like Windmill View.”There’s a crippling shortage of affordable homes across the UK and we’re scaling up our ambitions to tackle that shortage and to provide homes where they are needed most.”Nick Byrne, executive director of development at Citizen, added: “We are proud to be involved with this exciting new scheme, delivering much-needed new affordable homes for the local community.”Having worked with Countryside on a number of other projects, we’re pleased to be partnering with them once again on another high-quality development. We’re looking forward to seeing this development progress once work starts.”Work on the first phase is expected to start later this year.Ragu Sittambalam, senior planning and enabling manager at Homes England, added: “This is an important milestone for Countryside’s Windmill View development and is the next step towards the creation of 259 new homes, many of which will be affordable, in an area of unaffordability.”We have worked with Countryside to ensure critical infrastructure can be built to support the development and wider area, and our investment will help to accelerate the delivery of new homes. We’re looking forward to seeing the new community taking shape over the coming years.”