Green light for £24m village development

Planning permission has been secured for a £24m exclusive housing development in a Lancashire village which will have a focus on ‘later life living’.

Residential development company Applethwaite, part of the Eric Wright Group, will begin work on the 4.77-hectare site this summer, creating 48 new homes in Grimsargh.

The development in the village, east of Preston, will include four properties with one bedroom, 22 with two bedrooms and 22 with three bedrooms, which will all be single-storey.

A separate two-storey care home, operated by Wrightcare, Eric Wright’s care home arm, will also be built as part of the plan.

Permission for the development was secured by S&L Planning. Deborah Smith of S&L said: “We have been working in partnership with Applethwaite for some years now and this project will add to the housing provision in the area by providing a development that enables people to downsize, which in turn frees up more housing stock. 

“The concept created by Applethwaite is tried and trusted in delivering purpose built high specification houses that focus on later life living which is then also complemented by additional care facilities.”

The housebuilder was formed in the Lake District. In 2008 it became part of Eric Wright Group, a leading player in the construction and property industry in the North West, which enabled the expansion of its activities into Lancashire and other parts of the region.