Plans to build 143 new homes just off the M5 near Tewkesbury have been given the go-ahead this August 2024.
The latest application by Barratt Homes forms part of a larger scheme to build 460 homes, a primary school and playing fields on land at Fiddington, to the east of Tewkesbury and just south of the hotly anticipated new Cotswold Designer Outlet shopping centre, which is currently under construction.
This first part of the larger residential development was approved by Tewkesbury Borough Council on Tuesday 20 August 2024.
The development includes 94 homes which will be available on the open market, consisting of 25 one-bedroom homes, 24 two-beds, 28 three-beds and 17 four-beds.
The remaining 49 will be affordable homes, with 16 available for shared ownership made up of seven two-beds and nine three-beds; and 43 for affordable or social rent, consisting of six one-beds, nine two-beds, 15 three-beds and three four-beds.
Through the development, Barratt says it will create 'a high quality public realm' at the site known as Fiddington South, with a mix of land uses and community facilities, including children's play areas and 'pocket parks' with shrubbery, flowers, trees and street furniture, as well as natural play equipment.
Further landscaping at the site will include the creation of wildflower meadows and a 'heavily vegetated' noise bund, between the dwellings and the M5 to limit noise pollution.
Barratt aims to deliver 'a well connected movement network' at the site, with vehicular access via a new road known as Main Street along with routes for accessibility by foot and cycle, including an off-road cycleway.
The plans also include the retention of an existing pond for water attenuation and other biodiversity measures such as the provision of bird boxes, hedgehog highways and bat boxes. Each home will be provided with either a wall or floor-mounted EV charging point, too.
