150 homes to be built next to Walton Hospital in Chesterfield

Homes England has appointed Vistry Partnerships to build 570 properties across six areas in the UK – including 151 at the site next to the hospital in the Walton area of the town.

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Sixty two per cent of the homes will be affordable.

The site has lain derelict for four years after the disused western wing of Walton Hospital was demolished.

Stephen Teagle, chief executive of Vistry Partnerships, said: “It’s a challenging time for the house-building and construction industry so I am delighted that we have secured these six new housing sites.

“We have developed a successful partnership with Homes England and are already providing many hundreds of homes together.

“These new developments will add to that partnership, providing hundreds of affordable homes.

“Thanks to our agile business model and a collaborative approach with Homes England to accelerate delivery, we have been able to identify solutions which will enable us to progress as soon as possible.

“We know that the demand for affordable, quality homes remains high and we are very well placed to get these underway as soon as we can.”

Vistry Partnerships says its staff – who are currently working from home – will ‘immediately’ start preparatory work, including the submission of planning applications for the sites in collaboration with Homes England.

Work on the project is expected to start in early 2021.

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