Homes to be built on site of old warehouse

PLANS to build homes on the site of a former warehouse have been approved.

County developer Wheatcroft Land acquired the site in Moira and now plans to build nine homes by the waterside.

Located at the heart of the National Forest - a 200sq mile woodland development - the 0.68 acre site benefits from easy access to country parks, nature walks and cycle routes.

It has planning permission for nine residential units, which will all be designed to make best use of the canal views with all the properties overlooking the canal from the front of the buildings.

The new homes will also have views over the canal to the Moira Furnace, with its museum, boat trips, country walks and small courtyard craft village.

Director at Wheatcroft Land Catherine Haward said: “This is a really beautiful location right on the water’s edge and within a stone’s throw of the National Forest, which will be a fantastic place to live and enjoy the great outdoors.

“The former warehouse buildings have been demolished and construction of the homes will start in January with a target completion date of next September”.

The development, named Swingbridge Wharf due to the swing bridge giving access across the canal to the Furnace Museum, will comprise three and four-bedroom homes, three of which will be detached.