To coincide with the first residents moving in at The Finches at Hilton Grange, off Lower Road, we have made several contributions towards local healthcare, nursery and education provision as well as public transport and green spaces.
We are building up to 730 new homes in Halewood, and the community funding was agreed as part of the planning process.
The largest contribution of more that £700,000 will go towards creating new primary school places in Halewood, while in excess of £167,000 will ensure new full-time nursery or childcare places are created locally.
Almost £671,500 will be used to make improvements to local highways, including the removal of an existing roundabout at Higher Road and Bailey’s Lane and installation of new traffic signals, while two junctions at Lower Road and Greensbridge Lane and Church Road and Bailey’s Lane will be integrated. Over £100,000 will subsidise new or diverted bus routes to serve the new developments.
Finch Woods will be enhanced, managed and maintained with a payment of more than £156,000 and the outdoor sports provision at Halewood Leisure Centre will benefit from funds in excess of £175,000 for improvement works.
The Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group will identify healthcare and dental facilities to utilise a contribution of more than £32,000.
The payments have been made by ourselves as part of its section 106 agreements with Knowsley Council, with further contributions to be made as building work progresses and more new homeowners move in.
We are creating two brand new developments in Halewood – The Finches at Hilton Grange and Grace Fields at Hilton Grange, off Greensbridge Lane. Homes at both locations are now on sale and The Mayor of Halewood, Cllr Barbara Dunn recently opened show homes at The Finches.
Claire Jarvis, managing director Lancashire, said: “Our two new developments form a significant part of the East Halewood Sustainable Extension – a masterplan to provide high quality new homes in the local area. We’re so pleased to welcome our very first new residents at The Finches and make these financial contributions towards new facilities for the local community.
“Part of our commitment to building responsibly is to ensure that our neighbours in the surrounding community are valued. Further to the contributions made through the planning process we have awarded a further £6,000 to local good causes as part of a voluntary community fund.”
We are building a wide range of homes in Halewood. Grace Fields features one, two and three-bedroom apartments and three and four-bedroom terraced, semi-detached and detached properties, while The Finches includes three, four and five-bedroom detached houses.
A quarter of the homes will be affordable properties to meet local need. The developments are expected to take between five and seven years to complete.
Find more information on the homes available at The Finches and Hilton Grange.
