A housebuilder has bought up a plot of land in Salisbury for a new development of homes. Bellway purchased the 13-acre site in Rowbarrow for an undisclosed sum and has been granted consent for 86 properties.
The company’s strategic land team worked alongside its Wessex division on plans for the scheme off Odstock Road. The application was approved by Wiltshire Council in October last year.
There will be 52 homes for private sale, including a range of two-to-four-bedroom houses, and 34 affordable homes for low-cost rent or shared ownership. The scheme will also include public open space with a children’s play area, footpaths and wildflower planting.
Construction work on the site is expected to begin later this month.
Daniel Poole, strategic land and planning manager at Bellway’s strategic land West team, said: “To have achieved planning consent and land purchase at Rowbarrow is rewarding for the whole project team.
“Cherishing and promoting the ancient heritage and biodiversity of the area was vitally important to the success of our proposals. By bringing together expertise from our strategic team, our divisional colleagues and specialist consultants, we satisfied each of the local authority’s requirements.
“Our colleagues at Bellway Wessex can now begin work on delivering high-quality homes in this attractive location. We know there is particularly high demand due to its proximity to Salisbury Hospital, which is the area’s largest employer.”
Bellway Wessex signed an option agreement for the land in 2018 and successfully sought a housing allocation for the site in the Wiltshire Local Plan.
A detailed planning application was submitted to Wiltshire Council in January 2020 and a resolution to grant approval was obtained in May 2022. A lengthy process then followed, with planning permission being secured when the agreement was signed in October 2024.
Work on the project involved retaining archaeology on the site as well as optimising views of Salisbury Cathedral, while protecting mature trees along the boundary, Bellway said.
According to the housebuilder, the development has been designed to avoid “any direct harm” to Prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon remains on site, which will be preserved in situ in an area of green open space. Before starting work on the development, further archaeological fieldwork is to be carried out.
Bellway will provide more than £1.1m in financial contributions towards local infrastructure and services as part of the development.
This will include £350,350 for phosphorous mitigation; £240,000 towards an off-site biodiversity mitigation scheme; a £208,464 contribution to the Salisbury Transport Strategy; and £157,698 towards early years education to pay for nine nursery places in the area.
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