Tirion Homes reaches milestone third phase at Royal Victoria Court in Newport

Tirion Homes, the community development organisation, has successfully completed its third phase of homes at its Royal Victoria Court scheme in Newport. This is a significant milestone for the business, which in partnership with Lovell, will deliver 264 much-needed affordable homes for the Newport community.

To showcase the progress being made at Royal Victoria Court, Matt Dicks, director of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Cymru visited the site to see firsthand the positive impact of the Tirion Homes business model.

Royal Victoria Court highlights the commitment to creating thriving communities with access to essential amenities and services. Its third phase includes a mix of housing tenure options designed to cater for diverse needs, ensuring more families and families have access to homes where they can begin new chapters.

Mark Howells, group housing director at Tirion Homes said, “We are thrilled to reach this milestone and are grateful for the support of the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru in championing our cause for future developments.

“Our ongoing partnership with Welsh Government and Lovell at Royal Victoria Court is crucial to meeting the housing needs of the Newport area, as well as achieving government set targets. We look forward to continuing to work together to make a meaningful difference.”

During his visit, Matt toured the development, met with key project leaders, and discussed potential opportunities for collaboration between CIH Cymru and Tirion Homes, to secure more sites and deliver against the Welsh Government’s ambitious target of delivering 20,000 affordable homes in this parliamentary term.

Matt Dicks, director of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Cymru, added, “We need to build truly cross-tenure housing developments at scale and pace if we are to address the current housing emergency in Wales, as well as not repeating the mistakes of the past in terms of how we mix tenures.

“Tirion Homes have created just that at the impressive Royal Victoria Court development in Newport, which highlights the impact of innovative and collaborative approaches to finance and development in addressing the housing need in Wales.”

Royal Victoria Court is the second site delivered by Tirion Homes and Lovell, with the two organisations, also collaborating on The Mill, in Cardiff, which completed its final phase in July 2024.

Gemma Clissett, regional partnerships director at Lovell, commented, “Royal Victoria Court is a development we are exceptionally proud of at Lovell, and our site team has been working tirelessly to deliver the third phase of affordable homes to the highest quality.

“We hope that Matt Dicks thoroughly enjoyed his visit to the development and are so pleased that he has seen first-hand the wonderful community we and Tirion Homes are creating here.”

Royal Victoria Court will complete in April 2025, with a total of 528 homes. For more information about the scheme, visit www.royalvictoriacourt.co.uk