A public exhibition of a new development containing over 500 houses in Shrivenham has been announced.

The consultation, concerning the 78-acre site to the east of Highworth Road, will take place in Shrivenham Memorial Hall from 3pm to 7pm on Tuesday, 20 February.

The developers, Legal & General Homes, say that their proposals aim to provide much-needed high-quality market and affordable homes, from one-bed apartments to four-bed detached family homes.

Locals are invited to have their say on the designs and development for phase one of the proposals, which will introduce the first 240 homes on site.

Legal & General Homes acquired the site in December 2017 with outline planning consent for 515 homes to be delivered across two phases. In addition to the new homes, the plans include land for a primary school, a new road junction to improve traffic flow on the A420, public open space and retail space.

John Allan, managing director at Legal & General Homes, said: “At Legal & General Homes we are keen to address the housing shortage crisis by providing high-quality homes that are carefully integrated into the community, while bringing significant improvements to infrastructure, facilities and public open space.

“We are pleased to be presenting the proposals for our site in Shrivenham and look forward to hearing the views of the local community. This is an important part of our commitment to working closely with existing residents, landowners and local authorities to ensure we bring value to the community as a whole.”

As well as its site in Shrivenham, it already has two large consented schemes that are located in Berkshire where its head office is based. It is now on site building 1,000 new homes on its 250 acre site in Crowthorne and hopes to begin on site on 1,500 new homes at its 272 acre site in Finchampstead at the end of 2018.