Project to see 660 homes built on old Powergen site in Kent
Developer U+I has been granted planning permission for a 660-home mixed-use regen scheme at Victoria Way in Ashford, Kent.
Previously occupied by energy company Powergen in the 1990s, the scheme will see 660 new homes, new public realm and a caf茅 built on a brownfield site that has been derelict for over a decade.
The resi units will consist of one, two, and three-bedroom flats and 25 houses.
Designed by Guy Hollaway Architects, the scheme also includes 400 apartments delivered by Neighbour, a PRS developer.
The developer said a masterplan for another regen project next to Ashford International train station is currently in progress, with that scheme set to provide a 200 homes, a 120-bed hotel, an Aldi store and a new brewery and visitor centre for local wine and beer maker, Chapel Down.
Kirk Pickering, founding partner of Neighbour, said U+I鈥檚 scheme in Ashford is the first in a rental pipeline of 1,000 homes it has planned in Kent.
He said his firm will take the 鈥渂est in class design elements鈥� from similar PRS homes in the US and continental Europe when developing the Ashford apartments.
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