We would like to take this opportunity to send the whole community our very best wishes for a safe and happy festive season.
Thank you to everyone who has engaged with us over the past year. It has been difficult to meet face-to-face so we really appreciate that you have stayed in touch with us, and would like to thank everyone who has taken part in our socially-distanced community activities. We are really looking forward to being able engage with the community more closely in 2021.
Christmas is going to be different for all of us this year, now more than ever it feels important to embrace our community spirit. Last week Revd Daniel Natnael and Leisliane Garcia, Development Director, switched on our joint Christmas Tree outside St. Barbaras Chruch. We hope this will add to the local festive atmosphere and will be enjoyed by the whole community.
Revd Daniel Natnael would like to invite you for an informal carol singing in St.Barbara’s Church Car Park around the Christmas Tree on Saturday 19th December at 5pm for half an hour. Please dress warmly, keep social distancing, wear a mask, bring your own torch, mulled wine (or equivalent), mince pies, and be ready to have a good sing together!
Thank you to everyone who went to visit the Christmas elves playing the in Central SANG. We have enjoyed seeing all of your photos and appreciate your help keeping an eye on them.
We are delighted to have recently finished construction on the new 2-form entry primary school and nursery in Mindenhurst. The building was handed over to Surrey County Council on 15th January. We look forward to the school opening and becoming a community hub and focal point in the area.
The central location was chosen to ensure connectivity with the walking and cycling routes throughout the village. The primary school can accommodate 420 pupils which will meet the growing demand of the existing and new community. The primary school has 14 classrooms all with adjoining bathrooms and includes all relevant facilities such as: two halls, a music room, modern kitchen, student cookery room, library, medical bay, and staff room. Outside there are: two multi games pitches, a hard play area and running track, a habitat area with 143 trees and over 3000 shrubs, and 2 bicycle stores. The nursery will provide spaces for 52 children offering, full day care facilities, with an external play area separate to the primary school.
Surrey County Council confirmed that they are committed to opening the primary school and are working to establish an academy trust to run the school. As a new school they need to ensure there are enough pupils to make it viable and will therefore only open once there are additional new homes built on the development. They explained that opening a new school too early would have a significant impact on other local schools and the Council is trying to avoid this happening so that existing schools remain sustainable. The Council is working with other local schools to ensure that a primary school at Mindenhurst is opened to the benefit of residents in the local area and the wider community.
We were delighted to accept a Certificate of Excellence from the Considerate Constructor Scheme after their last visit to the Mindenhurst Development. The team achieved a level of excellence in each of the following sections; Care about Appearance, Respect the Community, Protect the Environment, Secure everyone’s Safety, and Value their Workforce.
The CCS monitor said: “It was a real pleasure to revisit this professionally managed development. The external appearance is splendid, remarkably clean and tidy and overall the site continues to leave an excellent impression of the construction industry and the aims of the Scheme.”
This recognition reflects the hard work and commitment of the entire project team to achieve excellence on every aspect of this development.
At Mindenhurst, being green means thinking about the environmental consequences of everything we do. We are therefore delighted that our fully electric van has arrived on site. By switching to electricity we’ll be reducing harmful air pollution from exhaust emissions and saving 3,000kg of CO2 over the remaining life of the project. This is the equivalent of half a home’s electricity use over one year!
Our new van will be used by the team on site so hopefully you will spot it around Mindenhurst.
We were delighted that we could open the play area at the village green in line with new government guidance. We hope that this area will be enjoyed by the whole community and that everyone has fun and remains safe. In order to do this we would kindly ask visitors to following the guidance below when using the play equipment:
If you would like to report any damage to the equipment please do so at hello@mindenhurst.co.uk.
At Mindenhurst we are closely following the government guidance regarding the Coronavirus (Covid19) pandemic. The Government has asked the construction industry to continue working therefore, where we are able to ensure the safety of those working on site, we will continue our operations.
We continue to follow Government and Construction Leadership Council guidelines, as well our own stringent safety requirements which are in line with the latest guidance from Public Health England. We will keep these arrangements under constant review and take any steps required.
Our priority is and always will be, protecting the safety of all people: the welfare of our communities, staff, customers and sub-contractors will always be paramount; never more so than in the unprecedented circumstances in which we find ourselves.
The best way to keep up to date with developments at Mindenhurst is to continue to check our website for regular updates and you can contact us directly via our getting in touch page.
Last year the Mindenhurst team invited children from Portesbery School and Lakeside Primary School to create artwork illustrating Skanska’s values, including reducing our carbon footprint, care for life and our environment. The winning artwork from this competition would be displayed on our hoarding however as all the submissions we received showed such creativity and imagination we decided they were all winners. We have displayed all their artwork on our hoarding outside the new Mindenhurst Primary School and Nursery. To thank them for their hard work and creativity we were delighted to invite the children to site to view their art and recieve a goodie bag for all their hard work.
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