Beal Homes is planning to begin building work on its £30m King’s Fold development this summer
The first details about more than 150 new homes to be built in Kingswood have been revealed.
Beal Homes is planning to begin building work on its £30m King’s Fold development this summer. The homes will be built on a 10-acre site off Barnes Way, to the west of the Kingswood Retail Park.
The greenfield site has remained undeveloped since building work first started in Kingswood in the late 1990s. Planning permission was granted in May last year.
However, some residents opposed the move, arguing that the land had not been allocated for residential use. They also raised concerns over the impact of yet more new homes close to the main approach roads into Kingswood, including Raich Carter Way.
Today, Beal said that the “luxury” development would feature a collection of two and three-bedroom homes built in mews style, arranged around courtyards to create a village feel.
A sales launch was expected to be held this spring, Beal added, with construction due to start in the summer and the first buyers likely to move into their new homes in mid-2024. More than 200 would-be buyers had already expressed their interest in the development.
Jamie Barrington, sales operations manager at Beal Homes, said: “The consistently strong demand for all of our previous developments in the area has shown just how popular Kingswood Parks is and we expect King’s Fold to be no different.
Beal has built more than 1,200 homes in Kingswood over the past 26 years. The housebuilder said that the area remained one of the most sought-after places to buy in the city.
During a planning hearing last year, Liberal Democrat Councillor Charles Quinn, who represents the area, said delaying the delivery of purpose-built community facilities in favour of new housing would disappoint residents, leaving them wondering when they would ever happen. Moving refusal, he said he also was worried about the impact of more housing on local schools, health services, and the surrounding road network.
However, his motion was defeated on the casting vote of committee chairman Councillor Alan Gardiner, who then used another casting vote to approve the application following a further tied vote. He welcomed proposals by Beal to fund improvements to the Dunswell roundabout, under a legal agreement linked to securing planning approval for the new housing.
The planning hearing heard that the company also intended to convert the ground floor of Kingswood House, a two-storey office block next to the site, for community use.