Bellway’s 484 Mansfield homes: phasing, density and infrastructure notes for engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Bellway has started construction of 484 homes across three developments – Berry Hill Vale, Berry Hill Lea and Genesis at Berry Hill – within the Lindhurst neighbourhood on the edge of Mansfield, adding 314 private units and 170 affordable homes for rent or shared ownership. Berry Hill Vale and Berry Hill Lea are scheduled to open to buyers in the autumn, with Genesis at Berry Hill following early next year, forming the second phase after 146 earlier units at Berry Hill. The wider Lindhurst masterplan allows for up to 1,700 homes, a primary school, local centre and public open space, supported by Bellway’s new timber-frame facility in nearby Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Technical Brief
- Bellway’s Berry Hill works follow an earlier delivered tranche of 146 units within the same neighbourhood.
- The three current schemes sit inside the Lindhurst masterplan, which allows for up to 1,700 homes.
- A local centre with retail and community facilities is planned, driving requirements for adoptable highways and parking.
- Public open space provision within Lindhurst will require earthworks balancing, drainage corridors and long-term landscape maintenance access.
- Multi-phase build-out at Berry Hill enables staged utility connections and progressive adoption by the local authority.
Our Take
Bellway’s 484-home Mansfield build sits against a backdrop of 9,695 completions in the first half of 2026, suggesting this scheme is one of several medium-sized sites feeding a high-volume delivery pipeline rather than a flagship outlier.
The 170 affordable homes at Berry Hill are material for local authorities in Nottinghamshire, as our database shows relatively few Infrastructure-tagged pieces where over a third of units are explicitly allocated to low-cost rent or shared ownership on a single site.
Bellway’s appearance alongside other majors like Barratt and Vistry in the MukAway spoil-management platform coverage signals that earthworks and surplus-soil logistics at sites such as Berry Hill are likely being managed with more structured digital tracking than on traditional housing estates.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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