Work is underway on the creation of a new, high quality residential development at West Rainton.
Regional housebuilder Banks Homes is building 150 new homes at Station Road, which it has chosen as the location for its first large-scale residential development.
The County Durham-headquartered firm is acting as principal contractor on the Cathedral Meadows project and will be building 120 detached, three-to-five bedroomed family homes at the site, along with 30 affordable homes.
A one-off bespoke range of modern house designs has been created for Cathedral Meadows, with Banks already receiving enquiries for people who are keen to own a new home there.
The high specification homes are designed to be full of natural light, and will include Hive heating system, turfed rear gardens, Porcelanosa bathrooms and tiles, and Omega kitchens that will be finished to buyers’ choice of colours and style.
Cathedral Meadows will also include a new play area, new landscaped areas and new areas of public open space, while as part of the project, long-awaited improvements have already been made by Durham County Council to the West Rainton and Pittington Lane junctions of the A690.
The development will be officially launched in the summer, with the first occupants scheduled to be in their new homes by early next year.
Up to 40 jobs will be supported on site during the development of the Cathedral Meadows site, with Teesside-based Wearmouth Construction being chosen to deliver the required infrastructure, landscaping and drainage work and a range of further regional sub-contractors set to be appointed in the coming months.
Work on Banks Homes’ first project, Symeon Court, an executive development of nine luxury homes in the centre of the prestigious Mount Oswald site in Durham City, is already well advanced.
Russ Hall, managing director at Banks Homes, says: “Interest is already growing in everything that Cathedral Meadows will offer, with enquires about buying a new home there already coming in regularly, and we’re confident that demand will continue to rise as we move through the development process.
“Acting as principal contractor gives us full control over how Cathedral Meadows will be created and over the high standards to which work will be carried out by all our trusted sub-contractor partners.
“Banks Homes is building a strong pipeline of projects across the North East and Yorkshire which will contribute directly to meeting the pressing need to improve and increase the housing supply in these areas, and we’ll be bringing a range of exciting projects forward this year that will fully establish the style and quality of new homes that we’ll be delivering.”
For further information on Banks Homes’ Cathedral Meadows and Symeon Court developments, please visit www.banksgroup.co.uk/banks-homes
