Homebuyers will soon have an exciting opportunity to own a new property in Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, as David Wilson Homes and sister company Barratt Homes announce plans to build a brand new development of 753 homes.

The five-star homebuilder has just purchased land at Bearscroft Farm, on the southern outskirts of Godmanchester, from Marchfield (Strategic Land) Ltd.  A detailed planning application for a range of traditional homes is expected to be submitted by the end of the year, with construction work anticipated to start in Spring 2015.

Chris Hatfield, Managing Director at David Wilson Homes South Midlands, said, “We're delighted to have secured the land for our new development in Godmanchester which will provide much needed new homes and employment opportunities to Cambridgeshire.

“As a local homebuilder, we aim to make our developments as sustainable as possible; to that end, we plan to contribute a great deal towards public facilities and infrastructure, in addition to building quality new homes, ensuring that the local community will benefit from these improvements for many years to come.”

The developer prides itself on building exceptional homes in the finest locations and was recently merited the maximum five star rating in a customer satisfaction survey ran by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) for the unrivalled fifth consecutive year.

For more information about David Wilson Homes' developments throughout Cambridgeshire, please call 0844 811 4477 or log onto the website at www.dwh.co.uk.

For more information about Marchfield (Strategic Land) Ltd and The Fairfield Partnership, please visit the website at www.fairfieldpartnership.co.uk.

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

David Wilson Homes

1)      For further information about David Wilson Homes please contact Alice Norman or Alex Scoppie, Unsworth Sugden, on 0116 2471777 or alice@unsworthsugden.co.uk or alexs@unsworthsugden.co.uk

2)      David Wilson Homes is part of Barratt Developments PLC,  a FTSE 100 Company

3)      Barratt sold 13,663 homes in the year to June 2013, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain

4)      Barratt was awarded a maximum five star rating for the fifth consecutive year in the 2014 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey

5)      Site managers working for Barratt Group won 90 awards for quality workmanship in the 2014 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards.  Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder for the last ten years

6)      Barratt is the only housebuilder to provide a five year warranty on the fixtures and fittings in its new build homes at the time of purchase

Marchfield (Strategic Land) Ltd

1)      Marchfield (Strategic Land) forms part of UKSL Sarl which, along with the Fairfield Partnership, is owned by Carlyle Real Estate Advisors and the James Family

2)      The sale of land on Bearscroft Farm was completed by Savills and Eversheds who were acting on behalf of Marchfield (Strategic Land) Ltd.