Bargate Homes and VIVID acquire 200-home site in Hampshire garden village

Hampshire-based Bargate Homes and parent company VIVID have acquired a 15.3-acre site in Waterlooville, Hampshire from Grainger PLC.
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.
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 for affordable housing.
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.
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.
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