Inspired Villages successfully acquired a consented site in Edenbridge, Kent, as part of our ambitious expansion strategy

Inspired Villages, a leading later living provider and operator, announces that it has completed the purchase of a 27-acre site in Edenbridge, Kent. The deal is the latest for Inspired, funded by its £500 million joint venture between NatWest Pension Group Fund and Legal & General, through which it plans to create purpose-built later living communities across the UK. 

 

The former golf course site was occupied by the Kent and Surrey Golf Club and has planning permission for 184,000 square feet of accommodation, including a 100-unit Integrated Retirement Community.

 

Inspired completed the purchase of the site within a 6-week period and will now consult locally on revisions to the existing permission, including a range of facilities the wider community can benefit from, including a restaurant and wellness suite.

 

By creating vibrant communities carefully designed for the needs of older people and focused on promoting an active lifestyle, Inspired Villages aims to improve the holistic well-being of the over 65s and support them in living healthier, independent lives for longer.

 

Providing significant social and economic benefits, Integrated Retirement Communities not only free up local family housing but also reduce strains on a local area’s health and social care system, including major savings to NHS and social care budgets and reduced GP visits.

 

The site is just a 15-minute walk from Edenbridge Town Centre, a bustling market town with supermarkets and independent retailers. Edenbridge is well connected by both rail and road, with an hourly, 38-minute train journey to London Bridge via the local overground station, while access to the M25 can be achieved in less than 20 minutes.

 

Inspired Villages currently has eight operational villages located across the UK, from Cheshire to Exeter, with a further three sites under construction, including the Country’s first Net Zero Carbon* Integrated Retirement Community, Millfield Green, which will open this Autumn. Edenbridge becomes the latest site acquisition by Inspired within its growing development pipeline of 31 sites.

 

Inspired Villages' Chief Development & Property Officer comments: “We welcome the addition of Edenbridge to our portfolio of sites and are excited by its potential in a popular and thriving location for us.

 

“We are keen to start progressing plans for the village here whilst raising awareness and gaining support from the local community. The provision of this type of age-appropriate accommodation is of wider benefit as it naturally frees up housing stock throughout every element of the property ladder.

 

The sense of holistic wellbeing and community we seek to create within our villages also benefits the surrounding areas where we operate. Our initiatives are designed to reduce loneliness and isolation, supporting not just village residents but the wider local community.

 

“Edenbridge is part of our wider business vision to become the leading retirement community operator in the UK, with communities that are flourishing and residents living the best years of their lives.”

 

Once completed, the village at Edenbridge will join the current South-East based Inspired Villages: Bramshott Place in Hampshire, Durrants in West Sussex and Ledian Gardens in Kent.

 

*regulated energy