focus on slough Milestone
More homes for local people
We have a number of residential schemes in construction and in the pipeline – designed to directly meet the council’s need for more housing within the borough. Through our combined sites initiative to build over 130 homes across 25 sites, we are looking to meet the borough’s affordable housing needs, by transforming a series of disused, small sites into new council housing.
A Milestone for residential housing
Our first residential development, Milestone in Slough comprised 73 new homes and was completed in September 2017. The homes were sold to homeowners only, 88% were first-time buyers with 48% sold to local buyers. Over 80% of purchasers here used the Government’s Help to Buy initiative.
We are currently working on a series of larger residential and mixed-use schemes including:
• Wexham Green. We are now selling at Wexham Green, our second residential housing scheme, which has transformed the former Wexham Lane Nursery into a residential community of 104 two, three and four-bedroom high-quality family homes in this leafy part of town.
• 85 High Street. Planning has been submitted to deliver two hotels as well as over 60 apartments and 5,000 sq ft of restaurant and retail space on the Old Library site. The hotels, both high-end Marriott brands (Moxy and Residence Inn), will provide a total of 244 guest bedrooms, as well as a bar, dining space and lounge; open to both residents and local people. This project directly aims to meet the need from local business for more hotel rooms and access to additional meeting spaces and facilities within the town.
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• Stoke Wharf. A proposed residential development of circa 240 homes adjacent to the Grand Union Canal, which we are going to deliver in partnership with specialist waterside developer, Waterside Places. Plans are due to be submitted this summer and we hope to commence on site by mid-2019.
• The Heart of Slough. While still in the preliminary stages we plan to deliver a host of new local amenities, a public square, potentially 250,000 sq ft of Grade A office space and approximately 1,350 new homes on the site of the former Thames Valley University. This year the council’s cabinet approved SUR as its developer of choice and we will be working with them to create the masterplan over the coming months, with the aim to start works in 2019 on this major regeneration site.
Community benefits, skills and training
In addition to our many development and community projects, as a partnership with the council, we are also investing in the town’s people and have our own community benefits, skills and training agenda, which we pursue avidly.
SUR has positively made a difference through the range of events and initiatives that have already been delivered. We have
participated in various school initiatives from the ‘Behind the Hard Hats’ STEM event organised by Learning to Work to organising and funding numerous Build up your Business events, which aim to help students build their employability and team skills. We have also been promoting skills and training by securing apprenticeships within the supply chain and through engagement with the Job Centre. In 2017 we created 25 new apprenticeships/training positions.
In summary
So, as you can see, there is a lot happening and we are driving some significant change across the borough. For businesses local to or operating in Slough, there is a lot to be feeling confident about. Not only can you benefit from the impending Crossrail, great connections by road and close proximity to Heathrow, but you will be benefiting from the council’s significant inward investment, providing you with access to improved facilities and accommodation and helping to further enhance the town’s reputation – which in turn will only help to attract greater talent.
The town really is changing for the better and we are proud at Slough Urban Renewal (SUR), to be a catalyst for making Slough a ‘regeneration hot spot’. Slough has a very bright future and we are delighted to be a part of it.
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