Lovell - £3m invested as work begins on 91 new homes in Stoke on Trent

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£3m invested as work begins on 91 new homes in Stoke on Trent

Robert Napier CBE, Chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) visited Stoke on Trent today and was on hand to break the ground on a new housing development in City Waterside.

(L-R) Robert Napier CBE, Chairman - HCA; Cllr Mark Meredith, Cabinet Member for Economic Development; Cllr Ruth Rosenau, Cabinet Member for Regeneration; David Gough, Regional Director – Lovell; Jo Tyzzer, Assistant Director City Regeneration

Mr Napier joined representatives from Stoke on Trent City Council and Lovell on the Ridgway Road site, where 91 new homes are about to be built.

Investment of £3m through the HCA and the City Council has enabled this scheme to get off the ground and builds on wider work by the HCA and Council at City Waterside where 450 homes have been built over the past seven years and a further 650 refurbished.

Speaking on his visit, Robert Napier said; “It is great to be back in Stoke and to celebrate the start of another tranche of much-needed homes in the city. City Waterside in particular has continued to be priority for the HCA and we continue to work closely with the City Council through our work on housing and economic assets to support their ambitions for growth.”

Councillor Ruth Rosenau, cabinet member for regeneration, said: “Ridgway Road kickstarts the next phase of our key city centre residential development and building 91 high quality new homes shows real confidence in our housing market.

“Our Mandate for Change plans to deliver growth and jobs to the city and with national developers like Lovell choosing to invest here, we can have great faith in our transformation plans for the city. As well as our own support for this development we would like to thank the HCA for their investment in Stoke-on-Trent."

David Gough, regional director of Lovell, said; “This is a very exciting day for the area, as it brings really contemporary, spacious homes to an area that will become a beautiful canal-side development. Local people have become used to seeing a derelict site here but we believe this is an area full of potential and its importance to the wider regeneration of Stoke on Trent cannot be underestimated.”