The developer tasked with building Bristol’s largest single development this century so far has been chosen by the council-owned housebuilding company. Goram Homes has struck a ‘preferred partner’ deal with Countryside Partnerships to build around 1,400 homes at Hengrove Park, on the site of the former Whitchurch Airfield.
Some of the homes have already been built, and work is progressing on others already, but the bulk will be built by Countryside Partnerships, an Essex-based housebuilder that was bought out by construction giants Vistry six months ago for £1.27 billion.
At Hengrove Park, the council-owned development firm Goram Homes are planning to build a range of flats and new houses - half of which will be council-owned affordable homes let out at the cheapest social rent level to people on the housing waiting list. The 22-hectare public park will also have new play areas, a sports pavilion and new community space - or rather, parts of the existing public open space that will be left undeveloped.
