CHATHAM
Work on first phase of 800-home development at East Hill, Chatham, to begin
Taylor Wimpey is starting work on its 800-home East Hill development in Chatham.
The first phase, named Capstone Oaks, will deliver 91 houses on fields next to Capstone Farm Country Park.
It will see the creation of two, three, four and five-bedroom properties, including 25% affordable housing.
The first phase also includes open spaces, a children’s play area and a new access road and roundabout off North Dane Way.
Plans for the first phase received the go-ahead from Medway Council’s planning committee in May.
As part of the planning permission, Taylor Wimpey will contribute £1.3 million to the council for local nursery, primary and secondary education, off-site cycleway improvements, and waste and recycling services.
The first homes at Capstone Oaks are expected to be released for sale around May 2025, these being a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced properties.
Once completed the whole East Hill development, spanning 49.47 hectares, will deliver up to 800 homes, a primary school, retail units, community facilities and a new link road between North Dane Way and Pear Tree Lane.
Future phases of the scheme will go back to the council for reserved matters planning applications.
Tim Betts, managing director at Taylor Wimpey South East, said: “We’re pleased to have received reserved matters planning approval for our Capstone Oaks development and would like to thank the community in and around Chatham for providing us with their feedback during the consultation process.
“With new facilities and open space on the doorstep, Capstone Oaks will be a fantastic place to call home, and we’re looking forward to starting work on site soon.”
Kent-based Royland Contractors Ltd will be completing the building work for Taylor Wimpey.
Letters have recently been delivered to local residents notifying them of the upcoming works.
Further information about Capstone Oaks can be found on Taylor Wimpey’s website here, while any questions can be sent to easthill@taylorwimpey-pr.co.uk.
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Tim Betts might have thanked local people but it is a shame local people were not listened to when saying they didn’t want this development at all. As for calling it Capstone Oaks, that is just sticking the knife in. You have uprooted the trees here for part of this development. The dwellings will not be affordable in any sense of the word and lets be honest building standards on new developments are woefully lacking when compared to older buildings. I am not guessing here either, I speak from a position of experience with poor, ill thought out new builds and a lifetime of having family in the building trade.
I shudder to think where we will be sourcing our food in years to come when all our agricultural land has been given over to building the slums of the future just to satisfy someone’s greed. Never mind, someone will live there but it won’t be locals because there is no guarantee of locals first associated with this development.