Property consultancy Vail Williams has secured planning consent for more than 100 flats on a former library site in Maidstone, Kent, delivering homes in the town centre.
There will be 103 dual-aspect one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with ‘reduced’ carbon emissions both during construction work and for ongoing energy supply.
The site is within walking distance of Maidstone East railway station which connects with London Victoria and the Kent coast.
Suzanne Holloway, Vail Williams’ regional managing partner, said: “The scheme successfully gained planning consent, meaning the disused site will now become much-needed housing and landscaping with an improvement to on-site biodiversity.
“All councils have new, mandatory housing targets which we must meet to deliver the government’s commitment to provide 1.5 million more homes to help tackle the most acute housing crisis in living memory – and Springfield Place is a key element in this.”
The firm acted for Maidstone Borough Council regarding the former Kent County Council Springfield library site and offices.
The project has been developed as part of Maidstone Borough Council’s adopted capital programme, which prioritises affordable rented housing alongside private rented and market sale homes.
Maidstone Borough Council has assembled its own development team to oversee the project.
The residential development has been designed by architecture and landscape practice Bond Bryan, with project management and cost consultancy from Airey Miller Limited.
A landscape-led design incorporates sustainable urban drainage systems, biodiverse roofs, and a 47% biodiversity net gain.
Funding from the Social Housing Grant is still to be confirmed by Homes England.
