Redrow have submitted plans for a 78 new homes scheme on the former grounds of Queens Comprehensive School in Newport.
Allocated for residential development within Newport City Council’s local development plan and benefiting from outline panning permission which was granted in February 2019, the site comprises 8.7 acres of brownfield land in Queens Hill.
It is currently owned by Newport City Council and Residual Lands Limited with Redrow having agreed to acquire the site subject to the approval of satisfactory reserved matters.
If successful, Flintshire heaquartered Redrow, will commence work on site later this year, with the first homes ready for occupation by early 2023.
Nigel Palmer, managing director of Redrow Homes in South Wales, said: “Newport is becoming an ever more attractive location for buyers looking for affordable options outside of both Cardiff and Bristol.
“The city has benefitted from significant development in recent years with improvements to Newport Train Station, the construction of new leisure and shopping districts and substantial new build residential development.
“Indeed, as a developer, we have been at the forefront of many of the local housing developments including sites at Mon Bank, Alexander Gate, Carnegie Court and Llanwern. We’ve seen a very definite increase in interest since the removal of the tolls on the Prince of Wales Bridge with home buyers in both South Wales and the South West of England now seeing Newport as an affordable and convenient location to live.”
