News1st August 2008 Altira Business Park in Herne Bay wins Planning Appeal to build a hotel and restaurant
Kitewood the Kent based property developers have this week won an appeal decision to build a new 50 room Premier Travel Inn and Brewers Fayre family restaurant on Altira Business Park in Herne Bay, Kent. Joe Crawley, Kitewood’s Managing Director said “We have commenced building Altira Business Park this year and are thrilled with this decision. The Whitbread hotel and restaurant will play a crucial role in providing leisure facilities for our occupiers on the business park. We welcome this decision from Canterbury Council and look forward to continuing with our build programme for Altira Business Park, which is attracting new interest every week. In addition to Whitbread we will be making announcements of other new occupiers next month!” |
Kitewood is continually looking for land. Our strategic land team take short and long-term options on land and then pro-actively promote the land within Local Development Plans.
Some examples of our strategic land portfolio follow:
HILLBOROUGH NEW COMMUNITY
Kitewood has for many years owned or controlled this 170 acre site which was previously suggested as a mixed use site by Canterbury City Council. Parts of this area now have planning consent.
The site will be promoted via the Local Development Framework (LDF), for mixed use development embodying residential, commercial, a school and other local community facilities including a new rail halt.
The parts now with consent are BarnesWay and NevilleWay which are mixed tenure residential schemes being constructed by Octave Homes and Altira Business Park, a state-of-the-art environmentally conscious commercial development.
BILLINGSHURST, SUSSEX
Billingshurst was part of a 550 dwelling allocation for housing, of which Kitewood undertook 120 of the private houses and 84 affordable houses for rent.
Kitewood developed the private housing element in conjunction with two national house building companies, 60 homes on each element.
HAILSHAM, SUSSEX
Kitewood secured land on two sites in Hailsham and promoted these through the Wealden Local Plan Review. Both sites have now been granted planning permission, one for 70 dwellings and one for 148 homes.
Octave Homes – the Group’s residential private housing company, will build out part of the 148 home site and all of the 70 homes, the site layout is shown to the right.
WHITSTABLE, KENT
Kitewood have an option on 26 acres of farmland shown to the right at Chestfield, near the popular coastal resort of Whitstable. The land was promoted as a mixed use scheme in the Local Plan Review and the Local Plan Inspector supported this allocation.
The envisaged scheme includes a 14 acre business park, 200 homes and a new recreational park, which will include flood compensation measures which will safeguard existing houses.
BARNES WAY AND NEVILLE WAY, KENT
This scheme provides 150 new homes on a former factory and storage area. The development of these combined sites will create a needed by-pass for the village of Hillsborough, easing congestion.
Purchased in 2004 the site is developed principally by Octave Homes and will provide a mix of properties for the public and private sector. The scheme includes a play area and open space for the residents.
WAKEFIELD, YORKSHIRE
A reserve allocation site of 13 acres proposed to be developed by the Group with 100 houses. Through utilitising our lateral creativity, planning skills and involving local community groups we anticipate that a new community will be built to enhance this area.
For further information about our strategic land team please contact: p.watkins@kitewood.co.uk Tel: 01622 670202
Or, if you have land or a site to sell please contact: k.maidlow@kitewood.co.uk Tel: 020 79295911
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Hillborough New Community, Kent
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Billingshurst, Sussex
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Hailsham, Sussex
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Whistable, Kent
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Barnes Way and Neville Way, Kent
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Wakefield, Yorkshire
