Dandara completes Wittering homes for Vivid: fabric and energy notes for engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Dandara Southern has completed 16 Vivid homes at West Wittering, West Sussex, comprising 12 affordable rent units and four shared ownership properties in a mix of one-bedroom flats and two- and three-bedroom houses. All homes use air source heat pumps for space heating and hot water, targeting lower operational energy demand compared with gas boiler equivalents. The scheme forms part of a wider portfolio under which Dandara will deliver a further 56 affordable homes with Vivid at Petersfield and North Mundham.
Technical Brief
- Air source heat pumps are the primary building services plant, eliminating on-plot combustion-based heating systems.
- Tenure mix is split between Vivid affordable rent and shared ownership, requiring separate management and service strategies.
- Early occupation is already underway, implying completion of statutory inspections, commissioning and handover documentation.
- Partnership model between Dandara Southern and Vivid supports repeatable procurement, design teams and supply-chain arrangements.
- For similar coastal settlements with constrained land values, this structure offers a template for mixed-tenure delivery.
Our Take
Within our 920 Infrastructure stories, relatively few focus on small sub‑50 unit schemes in coastal villages like West Wittering, so Wittering Place positions Dandara Southern and Vivid as active in niche, high-constraint locations rather than only large urban estates.
Delivering 12 affordable-rent units out of 16 at Wittering Place, alongside a pipeline of 56 further homes in Petersfield and North Mundham, suggests Vivid is using partnerships with private housebuilders to secure tenure-mix at a scale that can influence local housing allocations across West Sussex.
For practitioners, the clustering of Wittering Place with additional sites in Petersfield and North Mundham indicates Dandara Southern is building a regional delivery platform in West Sussex, which can reduce per-unit infrastructure and mobilisation costs on subsequent phases or nearby schemes.
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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