Avant Homes' new development on old Huddersfield hospital site could create 250 jobs

Yorkshire homebuilder Avant Homes has purchased a 20-acre parcel of land at the former St Luke’s Hospital site in Huddersfield.

On this site, it is planning to build 226 new homes and create up to 250 sales and construction jobs.

The site has been sold in a joint venture partnership between Henry Boot Developments (HBD) and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

Planning was granted for the development by Kirklees Council in April 2019.

Located near Blackmoorfoot Road, the Avant development - called Fitzwilliam Grange - will restore the brownfield site to ‘better’ use, having been vacant for over eight years.

HBD will develop a remaining two-acres at the 22-acre site.

Work has begun on the £58m development, where Avant will provide 16 different design-led house types across a range of two, three and four-bedroom homes.

It is thought that 11 properties have been designated as ‘starter’ homes, offering an affordable entry level property for first time buyers.

Avant Homes Yorkshire’s managing director, Chris Coley, said: “Fitzwilliam Grange is an exciting development for us, in a town which is undergoing significant regeneration.

“We are pleased to be bringing a brownfield site back into active use, providing the area with high-quality homes in this highly sustainable location.

“Offering fantastic views over the town, excellent nearby amenities and a wide range of our very latest housetypes we’re expecting the development to prove extremely popular.”

The first homes are due for completion in mid-2020, with the overall build expected to take over five years. Showhomes are expected to be unveiled in July 2020.

Based in Wakefield, Avant Homes Yorkshire is an operating company of the Avant Homes group. It currently operates across 14 sites throughout the Yorkshire region.