{"id":32108,"date":"2025-09-01T21:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/keepmoat-to-deliver-600-home-urban-village-in-sandwell\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:54:57","slug":"keepmoat-to-deliver-600-home-urban-village-in-sandwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/keepmoat-to-deliver-600-home-urban-village-in-sandwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Keepmoat to deliver 600-home urban village in Sandwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-501028\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"614\">Sandwell Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority have selected the house builder to lead delivery of the Friar Park Urban Village scheme.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"790\">The 32-football pitch site has sat empty for over 40 years after its past life as a waste plant, foundry and hospital. Around a quarter of the new homes will be affordable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"935\">Before house building starts, the partners will submit a planning application for a major land clean-up to deal with decades of contamination.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_501030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/f8144120376a46f0ac6821b965e52636.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-501030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/f8144120376a46f0ac6821b965e52636.png\" alt=\"-\" width=\"685\" height=\"820\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remediation of the site is expected to last 2-3 years and the site will be fully developed in 8-10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1120\">Mayor of the West Midlands Richard Parker said Keepmoat\u2019s appointment marked a big step forward and confirmed the Environment Agency is prioritising the site\u2019s remediation plans.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1221\">Keepmoat has a 2023 strategic partnership with the WMCA to deliver 4,000 homes across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/09\/01\/keepmoat-to-deliver-new-600-home-urban-village-in-sandwell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Sandwell Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority have selected the house builder to lead delivery of the Friar &#8230; <a title=\"Keepmoat to deliver 600-home urban village in Sandwell\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/keepmoat-to-deliver-600-home-urban-village-in-sandwell\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Keepmoat to deliver 600-home urban village in Sandwell\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}