Orbit Homes secure contract to deliver 52 homes as part of Hastings housing development

By Stephen Emerson

25 October 2022

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Orbit Homes are to construct a 52 homes as part of a larger 210 housing property development in St. Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings.

Porters Grove is a 23-acre development which will consist of a total of 210 new homes. Orbit's affordable properties will be built on the former Darwell Campus of St Leonards Academy.

Construction firm, Bellway Kent is building 158 new homes, which completes the compliment of 210. The 52 affordable homes from Orbit will include 36 affordable rent and 16 shared ownership units.

The 36 affordable rent units comprise of 16 one-bedroom apartments, nine two-bedroom houses, seven three-bedroom houses and four four-bedrooms houses. The 16 shared ownership units comprise of seven two-bedroom houses and nine three-bedroom houses.

Fraser Wells, Regional Managing Director at Orbit Homes, said: “We are delighted to be working with Bellway to deliver this exciting new development in St. Leonards-on-Sea.

“Our collection will help address the lack of affordable housing in the local area and help us deliver our 2025 Strategy to increase the number of affordable homes we deliver.”

Dan Merriman, Land Director of Bellway Kent, said: “We are pleased to welcome Orbit on board at Porters Grove in St. Leonards-on-Sea, to support Bellway Kent in the delivery of our 210-home development.

“Work has started on the development and Bellway intends to release the first private homes for sale onto the open market this winter. The 52 affordable homes to be provided by Orbit will complement the existing scheme and will provide much needed new, affordable housing to this part of Hastings.”

Main image, A proposed site plan, subject to change, of the Porters Grove development in St Leonards-on-Sea, credit Orbit Homes.

By Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset.

Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users.

He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.