We had some fantastic entries to our Wild Art Competition and really enjoyed seeing all the creative and imaginative works of art that were sent to us.
Thank you so much to everyone who took part, it’s wonderful to see how many young artists there are in the community.
Congratulations to Georgina who won the ‘over 10s’ category and to Kayley who won the ‘under 10s’ category.
Please find below the latest construction update.
1 – A specialist contractor will be removing Japanese Knotweed from the Former RLC Museum Site located on Newfoundland Road. Whilst this is being carried out, the footpath directly in front of the museum will be closed and an alternative footpath will be in place.
2 – Lighting bollards will be installed to the footpath between Deepcut Bridge Road and Mindenhurst Road (located next to the church). During this time, the footpath will be closed and alternative routes to Mindenhurst Road will be via the Village Green/ Brunswick Road and the North Access Roundabout.
3 – Trenching will continue along Blackdown Road and Woodend Road. This is to
enable the installation of new HV cables between the substation located on Deepcut Bridge Road and the substation located on Blackdown Road. During this time, there will be footpath closures in place on Woodend Road and alternatives will be provided. Access will be provided to residents’ driveways for parking
4 – There will be ongoing soft landscaping maintenance to the development, in particular the North Access Roundabout, the Maultway, the Village Green and Mindenhurst Road. These improvements will include planting, grass cutting, pruning, weeding and watering.
5 – Surrey Wildlife Trust will continue their bat surveys across the development.
As you may be aware, we held our first Wild Week last week (27th July – 1st August 2021).
What a great time we have had during Wild Week, getting closer to nature and to our amazing local wildlife. A big thank you to everyone who got involved in all the events and activities throughout the week.
We started the week with a minibeast hunt lead by Surrey Wildlife Trust, where we discovered all sorts of wonderful bugs and creatures that live in the Central SANG.
They also lead a bat walk later in the week, where the group got to see and hear Pipistrelle and Soprano bats as they flew overhead catching insects.
We have also helped identify and count local butterflies, learnt more about our native trees, and we have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the ‘wild art’ entries to our art competition.
Thank you to everyone who took part, and to Surrey Wildlife Trust for making the wildlife walks such a fascinating and fun experience.
We’ve got lots going on around Deepcut Village from ecological surveys to remediation.
1 – Japanese Knotweed will be removed under license from the area in front of the museum building. These works are expected to take 2 days to complete.
2 – Temporary drop kerbs will be installed on Canada Road to allow new Bovis residents access to their driveways. These works will commence on 1st September and will take 2 weeks to complete.
There may be some local footpath closures while tarmac repairs are made. Road signage will be in place to alert residents of operatives working in the road. There will be no road closures during these works, however roads will be narrowed with barriers and appropriate signage in both directions.
3 – There will be additional small works undertaken to Mindenhurst Road, as requested by the Council.
4 – Works will be commencing on the Bovis Bank. This is the area to the North of Royal Way, just next to the Bovis fence line. Works in this area will be remediation of the ground to remove contaminated material. Works will be accessed through the Bovis parcel and therefore there will be no additional traffic expected on the Royal Way. All footpaths in surrounding areas will remain open during the works. These works are expected to take around 4 weeks to complete.
5 – Soft landscaping will commence on the LAP area of the Central SANGS, on Newfoundland Road. These works will include seeding and planting of shrubs and trees. Access to the work site will be via Newfoundland Road with a slight increase in construction traffic in this area.
6 – Contractors will start to mobilise for soft landscaping works to be conducted on the Green Swathe. This will include installation of fencing and welfare units. Deliveries will be via the Frimley Lock path located South of the Cala development.
7 – Maintenance works to the Village Green and Central SANGS will be ongoing throughout September, including grass cutting, weeding, pruning and planting.
8 – Works will re-commence on Blackdown Road for the installation of a new substation. Works will include, the removal of a rhododendron which is considered
a pernicious weed, and the excavation of a multiservice trench along the length of the MOD access road to the Sergeants’ Mess. It is anticipated that these works will continue into October.
9 – Maintenance will be carried out at the Maultway and Northern Access Roundabouts to cut the grass and wild flowers. Cutting is essential at this time of year to keep excess grass and weeds at bay, and to encourage wildflower growth next year.
Please find below the latest construction update.
1 – Trenching works to Deepcut Bridge Road commenced on the 28/06/2021 and will continue for 5 weeks. This will involve the closure of one lane and two bus stops on Deepcut Bridge Road. This work is taking place to install HV power cables between the substation opposite the Village Green and the substation located on Blackdown Road (via Woodend Road).
2 – Works will be continuing on the Green Swathe in the form of a vegetation scrape to the swathe area. All vegetation will be removed to prevent the nesting of birds and reptiles prior to the landscaping works commencing.
3 – Remedial works will be commencing on the private driveway located at the railway bridge on Deepcut Bridge Road for 4 weeks. This will involve a lane restriction heading Southbound on DBR and will require a half day road closure to the railway bridge on Saturday 24th July. Advance notice signs will be displayed in the surrounding area 2 weeks before this road closure takes place.
4 – Contractors will be mobilising at the end of July to commence works on reprofiling the road outside of the Cala development (Brunswick Road directly outside of the MOD entrance gate). This will involve stripping and re-laying the road in this area.
5 – Lighting bollards will be installed to the footpath between Deepcut Bridge Road and Mindenhurst Road which is located next to St. Barbara’s Church.
6 – Landscape maintenance works will be ongoing to the Village Green and Central SANGs areas.
Loop Road Reserved Matters Application
We will be submitting a Reserved Matters Application for the Loop Road w/c 19th July 2021. The Loop Road will provide access to future residential parcels. The road forms a loop from the east of the Mindenhurst Road and will connect to the section of road that has already been constructed adjacent to the Primary School site.
This Loop Road will deliver:
• Access for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists to the future residential areas
• New sustainable drainage along the western end of the loop road
• 3 new electricity substations to support new housing
• Safe access for cars, pedestrians and cyclists to move between
residential and green spaces.
Please find below the latest construction update.
1 – Ground remediation work will continue in the following areas where we will carry out the safe removal and disposal of contaminated material. Machinery will not be operating during weekends and will stick to normal working hours (08:00 to 17:00).
1a – The LAP (Local Area for Play) which is within the Central Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG).
1b – The Green Swathe is located between the two current CALA homes development sites and extends from the Village Green down to the Frimley Lock path. Access to the site will be via the Frimley Lock path which means an increase in the number of construction vehicles using the path to gain access to the site.
1c – Southern SUDs
1d – Bovis Bank works will be contained within the boundary already erected. Residents may experience more vehicles using Cyprus Road when material is being removed.
2 – Trenching works to enable the installation of electrical cables, which will provide power to the local area, will continue along Blackdown Road from the Sergeants Mess access. We have listened to residents’ concerns and the trench will now run down the road on the opposite side to the houses.
3 – Trenching works to enable installation of the new water main to Minorca Road will continue to the road in front of the cricket pitch and between Minorca Avenue to Deepcut Bridge Road. Temporary traffic lights will be in place along Minorca Avenue and on Deepcut Bridge Road. We anticipate works will be completed in June.
4 – Landscape maintenance works will be ongoing throughout the Central SANG (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace) and Village Green. We do not anticipate this causing disruption to residents.
5 – Additional trenching works will be required from the newly constructed substation along the grass verge on Cyprus Road. We will endeavour to maintain access, however there will likely be fewer parking spaces along this section of the road.
6 – Stone paving will be installed to mark the highway boundary at the intersections along Mindenhurst Road. Localised fencing will be erected, which may reduce access to some footpaths. Signage will be in place to notify residents of any diversions.
7 – Soft landscaping works to the park and eastern landfill areas (behind Portesbery School) are ongoing, including new footpath installations. Works will take place behind fencing and we do not anticipate additional traffic or disruption to residents.
Please find below the latest construction update.
1 – Ground remediation work will begin on the local areas for play (LAPS), Green Swathe and the southern sustainable drainage systems (SuDS)
We will carry out the safe removal and disposal of contaminated material.
1a – The LAP is within the Central Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG). There will be a slight increase of construction vehicles in this area but current access to the Central SANG will not be affected.
1b – The Green Swathe is located between the two current CALA homes development sites and extends from the Village Green down to the Frimley Lock path. Access to the site will be via the Frimley Lock path which means an increase in the number of construction vehicles using the path to gain access to the site. Machinery will be operating Monday-Friday, between 8am to 5pm.
1c –The Southern SUDS is situated in the area of woodland between the Frimley Lock path and the Basingstoke Canal. Access to the site will be the same as the Green Swathe site detailed above.
2 – The Mindenhurst team will be moving into their new project office in the former Premier shop building. The existing office located next to Mindenhurst Primary School will be removed.
3 – Trenching works will continue from Deepcut Bridge Road, along Minorca Road, and in front of the cricket pitch site. This is for the installation of a water main to feed the residential houses and further developments in this area. This will mean that during May there will be some traffic management measures in place along Minorca Road, which will include traffic lights and signage.
4 – We will start trenching works along Blackdown Road, from the Sergeants Mess access on Blackdown Road, to Deepcut Bridge Road/North Access Roundabout. This trench will be tight to the kerb on the housing side of the carriageway and is necessary for the installation of electrical cables to Substation 14 which will provide power to the local areas.
5 – Maintenance works, will be ongoing in the Central SANG. This will involve construction machinery operating in this area and will limit access to part of the SANG while work takes place. The majority of the Central SANG route will remain open for pedestrians.
We have recently completed the construction of a bat barn to re-home a group of brown long-eared bats.
The bats were identified in one of the buildings and extensive surveys were carried out over a number of years to understand their population and behaviour.
Re-homing these bats has been necessary due to future construction activities that would disrupt them. We have therefore constructed a bat barn which is a timber building specifically designed to host this species of bats. This mitigation is being carried out under licence granted by Natural England.
The brown long-eared bat is a protected species in the UK and they are most commonly seen around April to October. They have huge ears and need plenty of space to roost in and forage around. At rest, they tuck their ears under their wings to keep them safe. They are known as the whispering bat, as they silently track their prey to catch them with stealth, using their exceptional sense of direction when foraging. As with all UK bats, they are nocturnal, but you might spot them at dusk when they come out to feed on midges and moths.
We are delighted to have completed the construction of the new canal steps which were opened for public use on Monday 5 March 2021. The new steps, which lead to the canal from Deepcut Bridge Road, have improved access to the canal and have an integrated bicycle rail which will help promote leisure and commuter cycle use of the towpath.
Working next to the canal, within a Site of Special Scientific Interest, posed many challenges. The canal is rich with wildlife and we had very stringent procedures to work around the canal, including environmental containment systems to prevent any contamination. To mitigate the risk, further precast concrete stair-units were used instead of using in-situ concrete.
A major logistical challenge for this work was to find a way to get the excavator onto the towpath to excavate and remove the old steps. The safest and most practical way was to engage a local Canal transportation company to deliver the 3.5 tonne excavator on a barge via Frimley Lock down to Deepcut Bridge Road.
This work was completed over a 17-week period and was carried out as part of the Section 106 planning obligations for the Mindenhurst development.
As housebuilding continues to operate during these challenging times, Bovis Homes is constructing high-quality new-builds at Mindenhurst in Deepcut.
The first parcel, A1, is located on Cyprus Road and will include a selection of one to five-bedroom properties. Our show home is due to launch this summer.
Bovis Homes is part of Vistry Group – a five-star housebuilder that is uniquely positioned in the top five in the UK. The designs of our homes and construction techniques blend tradition with innovation, creating well-built homes with modern living standards.
Bovis’ regional marketing manager, Alix Laflin, said: “We are very excited to have started on our new homes at Deepcut and to join the Mindenhurst community. It has been a development that we have been eager to launch, and we look forward to making a positive difference to the village. This is a fantastic location and we are proud of the houses we are building here.”
Bovis Homes is building a selection of one and two-bedroom apartments and two, three, four and five-bedroom homes, from our latest collection. The first homes to be released will be two and three-bedroom properties.
The two-bedroom Holly house type is perfect for first-time buyers or those looking to downsize. Starting from £375,000, the garden-facing kitchen/dining area is spacious while the front-facing living room is light and bright.
The three-bedroom Hazel, starting from £435,000, has stunning feature windows in the front-facing sitting room and en-suite master bedroom. The stylish, open-plan kitchen/dining room is ideal for family meals and entertaining friends while the three bedrooms provide plenty of space to relax and recharge.
Properties in Bovis Homes’ latest homes collection are named after British trees and focus on well-proportioned exteriors with a real sense of light and flow on the inside. Designed for modern living, home buyers can relax in open-plan living areas and stylish fitted kitchens, and bring the outside in with stunning bi-fold doors.
Vistry, formed in January 2020, brings together the energy and talents of Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and the newly-named Vistry Partnerships (formerly Galliford Try Partnerships).
To find out more about Bovis’ location at Mindenhurst and the house types available, visit www.bovishomes.co.uk and for more about Vistry, visit www.vistrygroup.co.uk
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