S&L has recently secured planning permission for a new housing development in Grimsargh for residential development company Applethwaite Ltd.

The site covers 4.77 hectares and will comprise 48 new houses, with work due to start on site in summer 2025.

Applethwaite Ltd is an award-winning residential development company that builds high-specification homes across Lancashire and Cumbria.

The housebuilder was initially formed in the Lake District, but in 2008, it became part of Eric Wright Group, a leading player in the construction and property industry in

North West England, which enabled expansion of its activities into Lancashire and adjoining areas of the region.

The site’s composition includes four properties with one bedroom, 22 with two bedrooms and 22 with three bedrooms, which will all be single-storey. The development also incorporates a separate two-storey care home, operated by Wrightcare, Eric Wright’s care home arm.

Deborah Smith at S&L Planning commented: “We have been working in partnership with Applethwaite for some years now and this project will add to the housing provision in the area by providing a development that enables people to downsize, which in turn frees up more housing stock.   “The concept created by Applethwaite is tried and trusted in delivering purpose built high specification houses that focus on later life living which is then also complemented by additional care facilities.”