Latimer, part of the Clarion Housing Group, has teamed up with regeneration specialists Vistry to redevelop a strip of disused railway at Bristol's former Ashton Gate train station to transform it into a new housing development of more than 200 homes west of the city centre.

Vistry, which secured planning permission for the brownfield site in 2021, is working with Clarion to deliver vital new affordable housing as part of the wider City Gateway regeneration project in Bristol.

-- Advertisement --

The £17.1 million contract, the first partnership between Clarion and Vistry's Bristol-based west division, will provide 62 homes for social rent and 36 for shared ownership sale. Vistry will also deliver 122 units to be sold privately.

The scheme's affordable housing provision is significantly greater than the local planning policy requirement of 30%, with not-for-profit provider Clarion boosting the number of affordable housing options through a combination of its own subsidy and grant funding.

Richard Cook, Group Director of Development at the Clarion Housing Group, said: "We are delighted to be working with Vistry to breathe new life into this brownfield site and deliver vital affordable homes on the edge of Bristol.

"We are committed to providing the right homes in the right places, and this partnership will give local people an increased number of affordable housing options in a city fast becoming out of reach for too many."