Housebuilder Bellway Homes will develop the first phase of 181 new homes at Channels Golf Club, to the north of Chelmsford, after planning consent was awarded for the scheme, which will eventually feature up to 750 properties, towards the end of last year.
Aside from develop new residential properties, as part of stage one of the Radial Distributor Road scheme to serve North East Chelmsford, Bellway will also build the primary infrastructure for the whole site of 750 houses.
"We are very pleased to have secured Bellway Homes as our first developer on this wonderful site," says Hugo Kirby, managing director of Ptarmigan Land, which is acting on behalf of the Stubbings family as landowners.
Kirby continues: "We and the Stubbings family as landowners are working closely with them and the other stakeholders to deliver the high quality aspirations for the Channels development."
Richard Burrows, managing director of Bellway Homes (Essex Division), adds: "We are delighted to be involved with the delivery of what will become a prestigious development serving the local Chelmsford and surrounding area. The product and mix will complement our recent acquisition of the former Marconi premises in the City Centre and I am sure that both developments will be well received by potential purchasers."
The new development is scheduled to commence during the tail end of Spring of this year.