The Nationwide Building Society has had its plans to build 239 new homes designed by Metropolitan Workshop and PRP on a brownfield site in Swindon approved.

Working with Manchester-based Igloo Regeneration, Nationwide will start building a mixture of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes for sale or rent, plus 71 affordable one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments before the end of this year.

First homes on the scheme are expected to be ready for residents from the spring of 2021.

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