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Purchased with outline planning consent in place for up to 200 homes, the scheme will be part of Grainger’s wider Berewood Garden Village Masterplan which is delivering a total of 2,550 homes and local amenities.
Located off Marrelsmoor Avenue, Bargate Homes’ part of the new Berewood community could be completed over five years, consisting of two distinct phases of development. A Reserved Matters application will now be prepared by Bargate Homes for a collection of high EPC-rated one- to four-bedroom homes, 40% of which will be allocated for affordable housing.
The River Wallington runs through a section of the 209-Ha Berewood Garden Village, which also benefits from existing woodlands and wildlife habitats. Community facilities delivered by Grainer include a local centre, schools, 250-acres of open space, and employment uses. The masterplan and design code were first produced in March 2013 to obtain the outline planning permission. Savills Planning team has led on the planning and Environmental Impact Assessment coordination, and the associated Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment.
Steve Birch, Land and Planning Director at Bargate Homes, said: “This site is a major land acquisition to add to our extensive development portfolio, where we will ultimately see the delivery of 200 beautiful new mixed tenure homes. We are grateful to the Grainger team, their planning team at Savills, their agent Rosehill Advisors and our own legal team at Lester Aldridge who have all worked tirelessly to make this project a reality.
“We are delighted at being selected to bring forward these next two phases at Berewood and this is testament to the Bargate Homes team and the high reputation of our brand. We are wholeheartedly committed to the delivery of the highest quality, energy-efficient homes and look forward to submitting a Reserved Matters Planning application to Winchester City Council during the course of 2024.”
There are five key identity areas within the Berewood Garden Village: the Market Town, the Hamlets, the Employment Hub, the Countryside and River Wallington Corridor and the Garden Suburb in which Bargate Homes’ scheme will be located. The area for development encompasses the 10B Maple Grove and 11B Dauberton Glen land parcels.
In addition to housing, The Market Town will be home to the local centre for the community with a primary school, health and community facilities, as well as local shops. The Garden Suburb will respond to the existing strong landscape with planting and vegetation commonly found in Hampshire. The Hamlets will be an entirely residential area designed in a series of clusters with woodland and open spaces dotted around including protected woodland. The Employment hub will provide the largest proportion of employment for not only the site but also link-up to areas in the Brambles Industrial Estate. The Countryside and River Wallington Corridor will provide a strong green boundary to the site and will be characterised by the new greenways, woodland planting and link up to the Waterlooville town centre to the east and countryside to the west.
Waterlooville town centre is only 1.4 miles and a five-minute drive from the Berewood site. Renowned for its open green spaces, Waterlooville has an array of local amenities and good travel links and is positioned approximately six miles north of Portsmouth. The popular town has an abundance of local restaurants and bars as well as two golf clubs. Close to the town is the historic Portsdown Hill which offers extensive views over Waterlooville and Portsmouth as well as five forts dating from the 19th Century located on the top of the hill.
Petersfield train station has frequent services to central London, including London Waterloo, and is 11.2 miles away and a 21-minute drive via the A3. The train journey from Petersfield to London Waterloo takes just under 1 hr 30. Larger towns and cities including Portsmouth and Southampton can be easily accessed by car via the A27 and M27 respectively.
