A housing association in Gloucestershire has bought an 11-acre site to build 95 new homes. The development is being built just outside Gloucester with half of the properties being allocated as affordable housing and the rest being put up for shared ownership.
Tewkesbury-based housing association, Bromford, has secured the land in Highnam. The area is in significant need for affordable housing in the area. Bromford is proposing to make 47 homes available at affordable rent and 48 homes for affordable home ownership, through its shared ownership scheme.
Bromford has finalised the purchase after the site’s previous owners were granted outline planning permission to build the homes on the site by the Planning Inspectorate in December 2023.
Bromford’s in-house construction team hopes to start work on the new homes at Highnam in early 2026. The housing association is currently on site building new homes in Cheltenham, Stroud and Winchcombe and earlier this year secured land for nearly 400 new homes at Matson and Cheltenham.
Bromford are currently drawing up detailed plans for the site which it aims to submit to Tewkesbury Borough Council in early 2025. The plans will be for a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes and will include a play area and green areas around the site.
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Bromford’s Head of Land Adam Frontczak said: “Securing this land in Highnam is another significant step of our goal to increase the amount of affordable housing in Gloucestershire. We’re making this a 100% affordable housing development, with homes either for rent or low-cost home ownership.
“We know there’s a need for good quality, affordable housing right across Gloucestershire with thousands of families on local authority waiting lists for housing. We’re committed to playing our part in increasing this supply by acquiring land and building high-quality energy efficient homes that benefit local families and foster a thriving community for many years to come.”
Bromford is one of the country’s biggest housing associations with 47,000 homes across the West Midlands and West of England, including more than 12,000 in Gloucestershire. Last year it completed 1,191 new homes, including 551 for social rent, the highest amount built by any housing association in the country. In July 2024 it announced it was in discussions to merge with Norwich-based Flagship to create a 84,000 home housing association.