Partnerships housebuilder Countryside is to build 550 new homes on two sites in the suburban village of Keresley north of Coventry after buying the sites via land promoter Richborough Estates.

The deal will see Vistry-owned Countryside Partnerships build 260 affordable homes on one of the sites, on Bennetts Road, for registered provider Platform Housing Group. Countryside said it will develop a further 290 homes across a mix of tenures on the second plot, at Bennetts Road and Fivefold Road, for which it is yet to secure a partner.

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