Bellway succeeds with main Henbury proposal

Proposals by land promoter Richborough Estates for housing, offices and almost 200,000 sq ft of industrial space off Viking Way are set to move forward. 

The housebuilder has completed the acquisition of a six-acre site off Cumberland Street in Macclesfield but has yet to secure planning permission to redevelop it into 115 homes. 

The Deeside housebuilder saw its pre-tax profit rise by 11% year-on-year in the second half of 2020, as both revenue and legal completions surged during “a period of intensive activity to rebuild output”.

The housebuilder has broken ground on a 138-home development on the site of a former wallpaper factory off Macclesfield Road in Holmes Chapel. 

The Tatton Estate and housebuilder Bellway Homes have been awarded planning permission to redevelop the 40-acre site near Knutsford into 234 homes.

The housebuilder acquired the 40-acre plot at Glebe Farm in Cheshire from Willsgrove Developments for an undisclosed sum and has planning consent to build 400 homes there.

The developer's off-site manufactured units are coming to the town for the first time after its House division was appointed by Homes England to deliver more than 200 homes at Grappenhall Heys.

The energy and regeneration specialist, in partnership with housing providers QWest Homes, ForViva and Cheshire West and Chester Council, has started remediation work to prepare a brownfield site off Wharton Road for 138 homes.

The housebuilder is requesting approval from Cheshire West & Chester Council to build the next 313 homes in its scheme near Ellesmere Port, having won consent for phases comprising 528 homes earlier this year.