Ground-breaking ceremony held at site of new affordable homes
A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place at our new development site in Stilton, Cambridgeshire, where works have commenced to build 70 high-quality new homes for the local community.
The £19.7 million scheme, which has received over £5.25 million grant funding from Homes England will provide 35 shared ownership and 35 social rented homes consisting of a range of 1-4 bedrooms homes, including both houses and apartments.
Our Chief Executive, Claire Higgins, said: “We are very pleased to be working once again with Seagate Homes and our Employer's Agent, Drees & Sommer to develop this land into much needed affordable homes, and are extremely grateful to Homes England for their continued support.”
Seagate Homes' Managing Director, Adam Murfet, added: “This project is a great example of what can be achieved through strong collaboration and a shared vision.
“Construction is now underway, with civil works progressing on site, an exciting milestone as we move forward in bringing these much-needed homes to life.”
Homes England Manager - Affordable Housing Delivery, James Hick, added: “As the Government's housing and regeneration agency, increasing the supply of quality affordable homes remains one of our key objectives and we are committed to supporting partners to achieve their ambitions.
“It is great to see that funding from the Affordable Homes Programme is enabling this development at Stilton by Cross Keys to provide 70 much needed new homes.”
CKH Director, Lynda Murawski, was joined on site by CKH Assistant Director of Development, Nigel Lomax together with Seagate Homes' Technical Director, Lee Russell, Contracts Manager, Luke Forsyth, Commercial Manager, Rob Fox, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Indre Jarmalaviciute and Senior Site Manager, Andy McPartlin. Also present for the ceremony was Homes England Manager - Affordable Housing Delivery, James Hick, as well as Jonathan King, Associate Quantity Surveyor at Drees & Sommer.
These new homes will be ready for residents to move into them from springtime next year.