WORCESTER'S skyline is changing as work on new homes being built near the Ketch roundabout continues at pace.
A total of 92 homes are under construction at Broomhall Way, on land formerly home to Ketch car boot sale.
Work got underway last year, with then-mayor Adrian Gregson joining representatives from Rooftop Housing and Vistry Partnerships to break ground on the site.
The development, which will feature a mix of one, two and three-bedroom homes, is expected to be completed by summer 2024.
Plans for the site, which sits opposite the Ketch viewpoint, also feature a community space and cafe, green spaces, a wildlife pond, allotments, a communal orchard and play area.
A Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) will reduce the ecological impact of the scheme and help residents to live sustainably.
“Rent will be at social rent levels and the sustainability measures we are taking include the use of innovative ground source heat pumps and solar PV to help keep energy bills down whilst reducing carbon emissions - all helping our people and the planet,” said Rooftop Housing’s David Hannon.
“These homes will give 93 families in Worcestershire the stable and modern home that they need. Rooftop is here to help local families.”
Before getting the green light from Worcester City Council’s planning committee in September 2021, designs for some of the homes had been described as “wretched” by Councillor Andy Roberts.
More than 240 homes are being built on neighbouring land by St Modwen, which is advertising two, three and four-bedroom homes at what it calls Pear Tree Fields on its website, with prices starting at £269,995.
In total, more than 2,200 new homes will be built between St Peter’s and Norton as part of an ‘urban extension’ of Worcester.
Plans to build thousands of homes between the M5 and Worcestershire Parkway were revealed in October.
St Modwen Homes and Hallam Land Management put forward initial plans that, if approved, will form the basis of a new town around the railway station.
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