Lovell’s £42m Coalville development: design, energy and phasing notes for project teams
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Construction has started on Lovell Homes’ £42m Swinfen Vale scheme on a 10.4-acre greenfield site off Beveridge Lane, Ellistown, forming part of Harworth Estates’ wider regeneration of southeast Coalville. The development will deliver 146 one- to four-bedroom homes, all designed to achieve SAP B energy ratings using gas heating supplemented by roof-mounted solar panels. Lovell will contribute £1m via planning obligations to local infrastructure and services, with first homes due on sale in July 2026 and initial occupation targeted for September 2026.
Technical Brief
- Initial groundworks are under way on the Swinfen Vale site off Beveridge Lane, Ellistown.
- All dwellings are specified with gas-fired heating systems supplemented by roof-mounted photovoltaic panels.
- Ecological design includes hedgehog highways integrated into boundary treatments on every residential plot.
- Swift nesting bricks are to be built into each dwelling envelope as a biodiversity enhancement measure.
- Programme phasing allows marketing to start before first occupation, supporting cashflow and construction sequencing.
Our Take
Within our 704 Infrastructure stories, relatively few schemes in regional towns like Coalville combine a mid-sized £40m–£50m budget with a >10-acre footprint, suggesting Lovell is targeting a scale that can materially influence local housing supply without the planning complexity of major urban regeneration.
The £1m earmarked for local infrastructure and services is significant for a 146-home scheme in Leicestershire and will likely be scrutinised as a benchmark in future Section 106 / planning gain negotiations for comparable greenfield sites in the East Midlands.
Lovell Homes’ delivery of a mixed 1–4 bedroom housing mix on a 10.4-acre site aligns with a pattern in our database where regional UK housebuilders are favouring tenure and size diversity to de-risk sales rates in secondary markets rather than relying on uniform three-bed family stock.
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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