Countryside News

Countryside is supporting the Rhys Daniels Trust by furnishing a one-bedroom apartment at Aura, in Great Kneighton, recently purchased by the charity as an apartment for use by parents whose children are being treated at nearby Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Countryside is proud to announce that Great Kneighton, a sustainable new community spread over 269 acres in Cambridge, has been named ‘Housing Project of The Year’ at this year’s Building Awards.

We are proud to have received two ‘highly commended’ ratings at this year’s First Time Buyer Readers’ Awards. The awards, currently in their 11th year, seek to celebrate organisations that have demonstrated excellence in producing top-quality homes for aspiring buyers across a range of criteria.

A playground improvement project at St Margaret’s at Troy Town School in Rochester, part-funded by the Rochester Riverside Community Board, was completed in time for the start of the new school term last month.

2020 has been a year like no other. The world has been confined to the safety of our homes for the majority of this year. Looking back, it would be unimaginable to think we would spend the beginning of a new decade in such a way.

We are proud to have been shortlisted for four coveted award categories at this year’s First Time Buyer Awards. The awards recognise developments and homes that uphold the values that first-time buyers across the UK value when looking for their first home and we are extremely pleased to be acknowledged for our work.

Beam Park, the £1bn regeneration scheme in Rainham, Essex that is being delivered by Countryside and L&Q, has been recognised in two categories in the Planning Awards 2020. The development won the ‘Best Use of Publicly-Owned Land’ category and was Highly Commended for ‘Planning Permission of the Year’.

Countryside has received two awards at the Considerate Constructors Scheme’s (CCS) National Site Awards 2020.

We are proud to announce that we picked up four awards at the prestigious Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2020. Beaulieu, our joint venture with L&Q, and Breedon Place both were named winners in their category, while Regency Grange and Breedon Place were Highly Commended.

Residents are set to benefit from 73 new affordable homes as Countryside commences construction on behalf of Nottingham Community Housing Association.

The first retailers in Phase 2 of South Oxhey Central, the £218m town centre development being delivered by Countryside in partnership with Home Group and Three Rivers District Council, have now opened, alongside a new market square. Known as Market Place, these new retail spaces add to the 19 retailers at Station Approach and future Lidl supermarket that are also part of South Oxhey Central.

We are proud to announce that The Allington house type at Breedon Place, our new development in Pangbourne, Berkshire, has been shortlisted in the Housebuilder Awards within the ‘best design for three storeys or fewer’ category.