More than 100 politicians, business leaders and construction industry professionals from across the Midlands and East of England met at a conference in Stamford to discuss ways to develop ‘sustainable communities’.
Larkfleet Homes has set up a new organisation to help tackle the housing crisis by providing affordable homes to rent.
Grants to groups in Somerset, Thorney (Cambridgeshire), Leicestershire, Rutland, Donington (Lincolnshire), Peterborough, Sawtry (Cambridgeshire) and Moulton Chapel (Lincolnshire).
Larkfleet Homes is bringing forward proposals for up to 110 new homes, a proportion of which would be ‘affordable homes’, on land north of Manning Road, Bourne.
Larkfleet Homes – is helping youngsters in nearby Baston to stay dry and look cool by sponsoring waterproof jackets worn by Baston Junior Football Club’s under-14s squad.
Larkfleet Homes has kicked off the New Year with a series of deals to buy land for 189 new homes with a total development value of £35 million.
Karl Hick, CEO of Larkfleet Homes, predicts that the new homes market in 2018 is set to benefit from the budget that was delivered towards the end of last year by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond.
The company has pledged to work with suppliers, subcontractors, local colleges and others to help to plug the ‘construction industry skills gap’.
Larkfleet Homes has started construction work on a ‘continuing care retirement community’ (CCRC) in Oakham, Rutland.