Plans for new homes at Mill site revealed
PLANS have been revealed for the latest affordable homes to be built in the £100m The Mill development in Canton.
The “urban village” will include 800 properties ranging from one-bed flats to four-bed houses – half of which will be affordable homes – across the 53-acre site in Ely, formerly the home of the Arjo Wiggins paper mill.
A total of 460 of the homes have been given full planning permission – and 102 of the properties are currently being built.
The Tirion Group has now revealed plans for 78 more of the homes – which will all be affordable – at the site along Paper Mill Road.
The building work would take 14 months with a start on site in February 2019, if the planning application is approved. Tirion would aim to have the first wave of residents move in in late 2019.
Principality Building Society has helped to fund the construction of the first 100 rented homes at The Mill, as well as the infrastructure for the site as a whole. Talks are under way for PBS to provide finance for the next phase.
David Ward, chief executive of Tirion Homes, said: “We believe this scheme will be a major regeneration project for Cardiff that will not only provide much needed choice and affordability in the Cardiff housing market but will also deliver sustainable economic benefits for the local community in the coming decades.
“Tirion is committed to maximising these local economic and social impacts through employment, training and the support of social enterprises over the lifetime of the new community we are creating.
“We are very grateful for the support of Welsh Government who had the foresight in establishing this ground-breaking initiative back in 2012 which is now ready to bring significant housing and economic benefits across Wales.”
Cardiff council officers will consider the latest plans in the coming months.
The Mill, which will also include a neighbourhood centre, community hall, riverside park, bus routes and cycling paths, is due for completion in 2022.
More detailed plans for the rest of the development are expected to be submitted during 2019.
The Mill development, which began in December 2015, will deliver 358 homes for open sale by Lovell and 442 properties for rent by Tirion.
The development is being delivered by partners Tirion, Welsh Government, Lovell, Cadwyn Housing Association and Principality Commercial.