Wintringham development forges ahead

Construction has begun on a development which will see some 3,000 new homes created in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.The project has seen Homes England, Urban&Civic and Nuffield Trusts at Oxford University working in collaboration to ensure the development gets off the ground and provides desperately needed housing in the area.Phase one of the site comprises 1,000 new homes including affordable housing, the delivery of the first primary school, community and retail facilities and a health care provision.The project is supported by Homes England through a ten year £26M Home Building Fund (HBF) infrastructure loan, in the joint venture with Urban&Civic and Nuffield Trusts. The project will deliver the legacy gifted by Lord Nuffield to maximise economic, environmental and social benefits, which will improve neighbourhoods and grow communities.Local contractors, J Breheny Engineering, are currently on site, installing the initial roads, utilities and drainage systems across the first phase. Works will also include delivering an impressive cycle, a pedestrian walkway and green corridor which will run along the northern edge of the site, on Cambridge Road.