Vistry Group

We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich to celebrate the opening of the brand-new Community Centre at Greenwich Millennium Village last week! This project, a joint venture between Vistry Group and Taylor Wimpey plc, in association with The Mayor of London, marks a key milestone in our commitment to delivering quality homes and vibrant community spaces. To commemorate the occasion, Cllr Jit Ranabhat unveiled a plaque and shared a few words. We were delighted to have key stakeholders present, including Taylor Wimpey plc, London Development Trust and counsellors from Royal Borough of Greenwich, all supporting our vision for this development. The new Community Centre offers residents a central hub to meet, socialise, and stay active. With a multi-purpose hall, meeting rooms, fitness area, and spaces for educational and recreational activities, it’s designed with community needs in mind. Here’s to the success of the Community Centre and many more community-driven spaces to come!

Vistry Group has once again secured Gold in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. This five-year revalidation acknowledges the efforts that we put into supporting the armed forces community – those who serve, those who have served and all their families. Since pledging our support for the armed forces and becoming a covenant signatory, our commitment continues to strengthen and grow. Vistry is intrinsically linked to the armed forces, with veterans and reservists working across our sites and offices, and we continue to join with organisations such as Buildforce and Building Heroes to support veterans into the industry. The revalidation highlights our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace and our support to implementing forces-friendly initiatives into the business.

This week our Vistry London Division held its annual business briefing event, held once again, at the landmark Royal Institution of Great Britain. Led by Vistry London’s Divisional Chair, Mike Woolliscroft, our divisional senior management team were joined by over 300 supply chain partners and consultants for an afternoon of business and industry presentations, in addition to a live Q&A, providing guests with the opportunity to engage with our panel.   Thank you to James Knight of Arcadis for joining us, who delivered an informative update on market conditions and forecasts, a big thanks to the staff at the RI, and thanks to our valued supply chain for attending.

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Exciting progress is underway on our latest development in Maidstone, we are working in partnership with Legal & General for Advisers Affordable Homes to deliver 272 new homes on the site of a former quarry. This project will help meet local housing needs, with 37 affordable homes for low-cost rent or shared ownership and 99 more affordable homes as part of the development.   The site, located off Farleigh Hill on the former Tovil Quarry, presents unique challenges—having been a ragstone quarry since Roman times and later a landfill. However, thanks to our collaboration with On Grade Earthworks and Stabilisation Ltd, we’re transforming this complex site into a vibrant new community.   Brendan Evans, Managing Director at Vistry Kent said: “Our project at Tovil is an example of partnership working at its best. The site is complex and has its challenges but working with specialist contractor On Grade Earthworks and Stabilisation Ltd and construction consultants Calford Seaden we are meeting those challenges with high efficiency.” Construction on the new homes is set to begin in January 2025, we are excited to be building a community and leaving a positive impact on the local area. 

We are excited to share that we have now received planning approval to begin the first phase of 94 homes at Wolborough Grange, Newton Abbot. These high-quality, sustainable homes will range from 1 to 4 bedrooms and include shared ownership and social rent tenures, alongside a new public open space and children’s play area.   The homes will be built to the Future Homes Standard, reducing carbon emissions by 75-80% compared to current regulations by improving heating, hot water systems, and reducing heat waste. This marks the first phase of a larger 1,210-home development, with Vistry delivering 726 homes at Woodborough.   The development will support the local community by contributing more than £1.75 million towards off-site pedestrian and cycle improvements, playing pitches, bus services and a local travel plan.   Emma Colin, Regional Managing Director at Vistry Devon South West, commented: “Wolborough Grange is going to be a fantastic development of much-needed homes for the local community, the properties have been designed to sympathetically blend in with the surrounding local vernacular and we hope to start initial works early in 2025.”   We are looking forward to this development coming to life and the lasting impact on the community.

We are thrilled to announce that Beaulieu, our vibrant new district in Chelmsford being delivered with L&Q, won the ‘Great Neighbourhood’ category at The Academy of Urbanism (AoU)'s Awards last night!    The AoU Awards recognise the best and most enduring urban environments and we are very proud that Beaulieu, which will ultimately deliver up to 3,600 high quality new mixed-tenure homes, as well as extensive infrastructure and community facilities, has been selected as the winner of this category. This is testament to the exceptional vision and strong working relationship with our valued partners Chelmsford City Council, Essex County Council, Mayer Brown Ltd, DWD and The Land Trust.    Special thanks to the English poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster Ian McMillan who wrote and performed a poem dedicated to the sustainable, long-term community that has been created at Beaulieu.

We are excited to announce that Vistry Group, has exchanged contracts for the delivery of over 200 mixed tenure homes in Doncaster. The 16-acre site at Waggons Way, formerly part of Hatfield Colliery, will be transformed into up to 236 high-quality homes.   After purchasing the land from Waystone Limited a full planning application will be submitted to Doncaster Council later this year. Pending approval, we hope construction to begin towards the end of 2025.   Robert Spittles, Managing Director of Vistry East Yorkshire, commented: “We are delighted to have secured this land to deliver much-needed homes in a fantastic location in Doncaster. We’re committed to making home ownership accessible and our mixed tenure offering will suit people in a range of circumstances…”   Alistair Mcloughlin, Joint Managing Director of Waystone Limited, added: “We are very pleased to be working in partnership with Vistry to deliver a substantial brownfield residential development and bring forward the next phase of Unity Energy site.”   We are looking forward to creating a community and revitalising a key part of Doncaster. 

We are proud to announce that Vistry Group has completed the first homes at Alvaredus, part of the Fairham development in South Nottingham. The 333 new homes include a mix of private sale, affordable housing managed by emh group and MTVH, and private rental homes through Start Living.   The milestone was celebrated by James Naish MP for Rushcliffe Borough Council, Lee Parry (Vistry Managing Director), Cllr. Neil Clarke (Leader of Rushcliffe Borough Council), and representatives from Clowes Developments, Homes England, emh group, and Gatehouse Investment Management.   James Naish MP for Rushcliffe said: “It is great to see this site coming to life with a genuine mix of high-quality private sale, affordable and private rental homes being built here in Rushcliffe, with excellent housing options for people from all walks of life…”   Lee Parry, Vistry Managing Director added: “We’re hugely proud to be contributing to the wider Fairham scheme, creating an exciting new place to live that combines a green setting with exceptional transport links and all the vibrancy that the nearby city of Nottingham has to offer.”   We are excited for the first residents to settle in and look forward to the continued growth of Fairham!

We are thrilled to announce that Vistry Group’s North West Midlands and South West Midlands have won the Residential Developer of the Year at last week’s Insider Media Awards!   In addition, we are proud to announce Vistry Group won the Excellence in Design & Placemaking Award at the Essex Housing Awards for our Beaulieu development in Chelmsford, a partnership with L&Q.   Both achievements are a huge testament to our team's hard work, passion, and commitment.   A huge thank you and congratulations to everyone who made this possible.