Keepmoat has exchanged contracts to purchase a former Ministry of Defence site in Beaconside, Stafford from Homes England.
The top 10 homebuilder will deliver 420 homes, with at least 30 percent of those being affordable, on the land purchased from the Government's housing agency.
Reinforcing Keepmoat’s commitment to sustainability, and to support the transition to Future Homes Standard 2025, the homes will be completely gas-free and will utilise air source heat pumps as an alternative to gas boilers.
Photo: Keepmoat Beaconside
Amanda Bishop, Regional Managing Director for Keepmoat West Midlands, said: “As one of Homes England’s leading delivery partners, we are delighted to be working in partnership with them to deliver this scheme. This is another flagship development for Keepmoat West Midlands, and we are very proud to have exchanged contracts on the site. The new homes will be built using modern construction methods and, working with key industry partners, we will be providing homes which are energy efficient, environmentally friendly and affordable.
“At Keepmoat we are committed to building long-term partnerships to deliver high-quality homes and create sustainable new communities. Central to our plans at Beaconside is the regeneration of the brownfield site currently used by the MOD into a thriving, aspiring place to live. A key element to the development will be around the delivery of a landscaped community space that will transform the area in which people will live.”
Work is due to start at Beaconside in October 2024 with construction over a five year period; the first phase of housing will be delivered from April 2025.
Keepmoat West Midlands currently has seven developments being built across the region from Staffordshire down to the South West delivering a total of 1,950 new homes. Flagship partnerships are ongoing with Homes England, Citizen, and Walsall Housing Group.
The region has secured 1,350 plots over 90 acres of new land to support future developments that drive investment across the region. The West and South Midlands are active in the land market and are looking to acquire sites for a further 1,000 plots to feed the immediate pipeline.
Keepmoat is a top 10 UK partnership homebuilder with a track-record of delivering quality new homes across the UK at prices people can afford. To date, almost 70% of its current developments are on brownfield sites and over 70% of its customers are first time buyers. In the last survey year, Keepmoat achieved HBF five star builder status, receiving a rating of at least 90% in the National New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey.
