Major housebuilding programme underway

Work is under way on the first of more than 600 new homes to be built across Cornwall by developer Treveth.The start of construction at Treveth’s 46-home Maudlin Farm site, in Liskeard, signals the beginning of a pipeline of five projects to be rolled out over the next two years, including sites at Bodmin, Newquay, Launceston and Tolgus near Redruth.Cornish for ‘Homestead’, Treveth is a partnership set up by Cornwall Council to bring forward new homes and commercial development to benefit people who live and work in Cornwall.Treveth’s first new-build development at Maudlin Farm will feature a mixture of 46 one, two and three bedroomed homes. Construction is being carried out by Mi-space, part of the Midas Group, with the first homes expected to be available from spring 2022.Treveth will prioritise local people first when renting its properties, with its developments aimed at households who have a local connection either through residency, employment or close family, and the majority of homes available will be private rented or affordable properties.In addition to its new home building programme now getting under way, in 2019 Treveth transferred into its portfolio two completed Cornwall Council new build schemes at Tolvaddon and Bodmin comprising 113 homes, which are now fully rented, with a small number of units still available for sale in Bodmin.It is also in the process of acquiring a further scheme – Tregover, in Newquay – a development of 28 one and two bedroomed flats, all for private rent, built on the site of a former public house in Henver Road.