WORK is now underway on a new luxury housing development in Cheshire.

Blueoak Estates has now started on Tollemache Green, a high-end housing scheme designed to create a new community in the heart of the county.

A total of 21 new exec and barn style homes will be built on the site in Alpraham.

The open plan living designs include vaulted ceilings and open, versatile spaces with a high level of finish and luxury specification.

All homes benefit from a host of sustainable features including air source heat pumps, electric vehicle charging for each home and solar panels to selected units.

Externally, a community orchard will house a collection of apple trees that can be harvested by the local residents, with views overlooking a wildflower meadow.

The extensive planting scheme features shrubs and native trees. 

Bird, bat boxes and hedgehog houses will be installed to help local wildlife live and thrive. 

Under the ambitious scheme, Blueoak will build a brand new Village Hall on the site, integrating additional parking and a cycle store.

While the homes are expected to attract a largely family-led demographic, the varying size of accommodation on offer leads to a wide distribution in age and social economic status. 

Iain MacLean, managing director of Blueoak Estates, said: “This is such an exciting development on so many levels.

"Tollemache Green will establish a new community within an affluent area of Cheshire, creating a new community, whilst introducing a sustainable way of living.

“We anticipate considerable demand for these high quality, high specification homes that will introduce a new way of living in this corner of the North West.”