Nearly 60 new homes are to be built in the Ringland area of Newport in South Wales.

Lovell has been appointed by Newport City Homes to deliver the £7.5 million first phase of the scheme at the Cot Farm estate, which will see 56 modern homes and apartments built for social rent.

Powell Dobson Architects have been appointed to create the 'masterplan' setting out the extensive Ringland regeneration programme. As well as creating new 'affordable' homes locally, the scheme includes the relocation of Ringland's existing shopping centre to make it more modern and more accessible.

Overall, the project will create 26 two- and three-bedroom homes and 30 one- and two-bedroom apartments on land at Hendre Farm Drive. A number of existing empty maisonettes are set to be demolished to make way for the new housing.

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Newport City Homes Board chair Nicola Somerville said: "We want to ensure this is a community in which people want to live. We want to provide more affordable homes, design out areas that allow anti-social behaviour to thrive and improve access to community facilities.

"To ensure we meet the needs of the community, we are continuing to work with a steering group of local residents and retailers. This is helping us to deliver not only what the community wants, but what it needs. Our substantial financial commitment to Ringland is testament to our ambitions to build affordable homes that are fit for communities now and in the future."

Lovell Regional Managing Director, Kate Rees, said: "We are excited to have been selected to help kickstart this comprehensive regeneration programme and particularly pleased to be working for the first time in partnership with Newport City Homes.

"Our team brings a strong record in estate regeneration to this major transformation of the Ringland area. In addition to the new homes and apartments, an important part of the scheme will involve offering a range of job and employment opportunities for people living in the area."

The development is due to be completed in December 2019.

(LM/MH)