Motorists heading along the A4019 Tewkesbury Road heading into and out of will have noticed that Manor Road close to Gallagher Retail Park is currently closed to traffic. It's all for the construction of a huge development that could eventually feature 4,115 homes. Based on the outskirts of the town, Elms Park was earmarked as land for development in March 2023, where proposals for an initial 266 new homes were given the go-ahead by .
. It is work on these homes that is taking place now. The land forms the southern tip of a much larger area between Swindon Village, Elmstone Hardwicke, Uckington and the A4019 Tewkesbury Road.
for the site are designed to work with the natural landscape, safeguarding a network of green spaces to protect trees, hedgerows and areas along waterways. The site near Swindon Village will involve the new homes benefiting from non-gas heating with low carbon air source heat pumps (ASHPs), solar panels and charging points for electric vehicles (EVs). READ MORE: READ MORE: For the wider Elms Park development Bloor Homes and Persimmon want to build 4,115 homes, two primary schools and a secondary school, a business park and a neighbourhood centre.
This could include retail, leisure, community and healthcare facilities and a transport hub. Speaking last year at the time of the go-ahead as cabinet member for customer and regulatory services, Cllr Martin Horwood (LD, Leckhampton) said: “We welcome these new homes and I’m delighted that Persimmon have made .
