Work has started on a £1.24m project to build six new homes on a brownfield site in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.

Housing provider Bromford has demolished 48 underused garages off Back Lane to make way for the new homes, which will each be let at social rent, the most affordable type of housing available.

The homes will each have two bedrooms, designed for up to four people, and will be allocated to families on the local housing register.

Quedgeley-based Aqua Construction is building the homes using timber frames. This is the firm’s first partnership with Bromford.

Nathaniel Davies, Post Contract Manager at Bromford, said the development would take the name Abbey View. He said: “It’s fantastic to be able to transform a brownfield site like this into beautiful new homes which will reinvigorate the area. Each home will represent a new chapter and a fresh start for the families who move into them.

“We’re delighted to be working with Aqua on this project and I can’t wait to see the homes take shape.”

Jason Wasley, managing director at Aqua Construction added: “We are repurposing brownfield land to create much-needed affordable homes. We’re proud to be delivering our first project with Bromford, marking the start of what we hope will be a long and successful partnership. By transforming a former garage site, we’re helping to regenerate the area with high-quality timber-framed homes that will provide modern, sustainable housing for local families. It’s rewarding to see underused land given a new purpose and communities strengthened through thoughtful development.”