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Countryside to deliver major Bristol development
Countryside to deliver major Bristol development.
About this update from Vistry Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n24 May 2023\n \nVistry Group PLC\nCountryside Partnerships to deliver major development in Bristol\n \nVistry Group PLC is pleased to announce its Partnerships division, Countryside Partnerships, has been selected as preferred partner for a 50/50 joint venture with Goram Homes, Bristol City Council's housing company, to develop 1,400 new homes at Hengrove Park. At least 50 per cent of the homes will be affordable. \nThere are currently more than 4,000 households on the housing register in South Bristol, and construction work is expected to commence in 2024, once Reserved Matters planning permission is granted.\nThe development will transform part of the existing parkland into a 22-hectare public park, including play areas, a sports pavilion, and a new community space. Goram Homes will also work with Countryside Partnerships and neighbouring South Bristol Skills College to provide on-site training to the construction stars of the future. A new energy centre containing air source heat pumps will also be developed, connecting the new homes and surrounding businesses to low carbon heating and hot water through a district heating network, managed by City Leap.\nVistry Group Chief Executive, Greg Fitzgerald, said: \"Hengrove Park is a once-in-a-generation development opportunity for Bristol. It is a fantastic example of the strengths and capabilities of our business - by working in partnership with Goram Homes, we can now provide mixed-tenure homes at scale and transform this brownfield site into a thriving new neighbourhood.\"\n \nEnds\nFor further information please contact:\n\n\n\n\nVistry Group PLC\nTim Lawlor, Chief Financial Officer\nSusie Bell, Group Investor Relations Director\n \nPowerscourt\nJustin Griffiths, Nick Dibden, Victoria Heslop\n\n\n \n01675 437160\n \n \n \n020 7250 1446\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\n \n \nVistry Group\nVistry Group is one of the leading housebuilders in the country and delivers thousands of homes every year for both the private and affordable market places. We are a young and dynamic business, with successful Housebuilding and Partnerships divisions, and an exciting manufacturing operation called Vistry Works. The Group was formed in 2020 and the integration of Countryside Partnerships into the Vistry family in Nove...