Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects (PTEa) has won planning permission for 89 homes which will form the first phase of Urban & Civic’s Waterbeach Barracks urban extension.

The approval for Essex-based housebuilder Stonebond will be the first on site at the 6,500-home development near Cambridge. The scheme, designed by housing architect Pollard Thomas Edwards, will include 28 affordable homes, and both apartments and larger detached homes.

Stonebond is owned by brothers Richard and Graham Cherry, sons of the late founder of housebuilder Countryside, Alan Cherry. They recently installed former Countryside CFO Andrew Cornelius as chief executive of the business, which they plan to float on the stock exchange within five years.

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