Anwyl to double number of houses built

Buckshaw Village-based Anwyl is to build nearly 200 new homes by the end of September, up from 90 built over the previous financial year.

The business is now active at eight locations in Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire.

Work has begun at Priory Gardens in Burscough which will eventually see 267 new homes built, and the first of 72 new homes have been sold at Lawrence Gardens in Barton near Preston, which will be ready to move into in spring 2021.

Meanwhile, demolition of old industrial units and preparation of roads and sewers are well advanced at Winnington Place, near Northwich, where construction will start early 2021 on the first of approximately 250 planned new homes. There are also ongoing developments in Fulwood, Longridge, St Helens, Liverpool, Prescot.

John Grime, managing director, said: "While last year’s figures were impacted by the Covid pandemic and having to employ social distancing measures on site, we’ve since been experiencing pent-up demand from people wanting to move and both interest and sales have been strong.

"Our target of almost 200 homes this year is very achievable and we have a sustainable growth strategy in place to deliver around 400 homes per annum by 2023. We’ve also doubled our workforce in the last 12 months to accommodate the growth."

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