Curo celebrates fourth consecutive quality awards win
Tom Duggan, Senior Site Manager for Curo at Keyford Meadows in Frome, has won the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) Pride in the Job Quality Award - marking our fourth win in recent years.
Keyford Meadows, Frome
Keyford Meadows is a residential development at Sandys Hill Lane in Frome of 198 homes, 30% of which are affordable. The project is due to complete in 2027.
Curo was granted detailed planning permission for this site by Mendip District Council on 16 February 2022, with works starting later that year. The first new homes at Keyford Meadows were completed in 2023.
The homes
The development includes 139 homes for sale, ranging from one-bed apartments to five-bed family houses.
A further 59 homes are affordable - 47 for social rent and 12 for shared ownership purchase. The affordable homes at Keyford Meadows are a mix of one and two-bed apartments and family houses with between two and four bedrooms.
The homes available for social rent are allocated via the local authority's choice-based lettings scheme, Homefinder Somerset. If you're interested in buying a home at Keyford Meadows, head to our sales website to register your interest, or find out more about shared ownership.
Open space & biodiversity
Aside from homes, this development also provides more than two hectares of green open space, with dedicated play space for all to enjoy.
Keyford Meadows is a green, ecologically-rich and diverse development, featuring measures to enhance biodiversity that include integrated bat and bird boxes.
Sustainability
CO₂ emissions at Keyford Meadows are projected to be more than 40% lower than current building regulations specify. Many of the new homes have efficient air source heat pumps instead of gas central heating. A significant proportion, including the affordable homes have photovoltaic solar panels.
Keyford Farmhouse
Keyford Farmhouse and outbuildings are situated in the northern section of our site. Permission to demolish these to make space for new homes was granted through the planning consent in 2021. Curo listened to the wishes of the local community, who wanted to keep these heritage assets for the future. A final version of the development was subsequently agreed that incorporates these buildings into the scheme.
Location
Keyford Meadows straddles Sandy’s Hill Lane, with access from Wessex Fields Retail Park to the west. Marston Trading Estate lies to the north, while Little Keyford Lane lies to the south east.
Keyford Meadows News
Curo announces new street names in Frome
Curo, the West of England housing association and housebuilder, has announced the street names for their Keyford Meadows development of 198 homes in Frome. The announcement comes shortly after the launch of Curo’s new show homes at Keyford Meadows in October this year.
Curo to build nearly 200 homes in Frome after Mendip District Council approves planning application
West of England housing association and housebuilder Curo has been granted detailed planning permission by Mendip District Council to build 198 new homes on land at Sandys Hill Lane in Frome. The decision was made at the Council’s Planning Board meeting on Wednesday 16 February.
198 new homes proposed for land at Sandys Hill Lane in Frome
Details of a residential development planned for Frome have been revealed by West of England housing association and house-builder Curo. The site, which received outline planning permission from Mendip District Council in March 2021 for up to 235 homes and a number of commercial units, is situated along either side of Sandys Hill Lane, near the town's Sainsbury's supermarket.
