Developments

We are pleased to have recently secured a new plot of land in the Rhondda for our next affordable housing project in RCT. We are currently preparing a preapplication for submission for 14no. apartments to RCT CBC by the end of June 2026. Once again, we plan to construct these new homes using PassivHaus technology to secure the AECB equivalent to EPC A.

We secured this former care home in December 2025 and submitted a planning preapp for 13 new homes in April 2026. Discussions with the local authority have been positive and we work towards a full planning application in the summer.

We are delighted to have purchased this site for 33 units and entered into contract with Harmoni Homes (United Welsh) to deliver these units to them further to the detailed planning permission received in March 2026. The historic site needs fully remediating, including the grouting one of the blocks. Careful planning and development will see us divert a watercourse and protect a number of TPO trees on the boundary.

A neat scheme of 16 new homes for Valleys to Coast which we started in April 2026. The site previously housed a Welsh Water reservoir which had been decommissioned a number of years ago. Following an above-ground site clearance programme, our first job has been to remove the old concreter reservoir structure. Once these works are complete, we will undertake the balance of site remediation before commencing build ‘proper’.

The Former Tudor Inn, Cimla scheme will deliver high quality, energy efficient homes to suit a variety of local housing needs with our partner Tai Tarian.

We were delighted to commence construction works in January 2026 to deliver 22 efficient homes for the local community. We have completed the demolition of the old Tudor Inn pub and completed all ground remediation tasks, including the required grouting works. We are now busy completing foundations and superstructures in a logical, phased manner.

Another long-term asset is this flat 4.5 acre site in Cwmgors, between Pontardawe and Ammanford. The site benefits form a (lapsed) planning permission for 60 dwellings, although due to recent regulatory changes, this is now more likely to be c45 dwellings. We are in the early stages of refreshing the planning status of the site with a view to constructing a scheme of affordable housing to serve the local community, which has suffered from a lack of investment in its housing stock for many years.

We submitted a full planning application for 45 new homes in April 2025. However, this is now in abeyance due to the ongoing issue of water quality in the Burry Inlet which has seen an embargo on new development in affected areas. This is despite the fact that built development only contributes about 3% of nitrates, with Agriculture contributing the majority of the remaining 97%.

This site, located alongside the Swansea Canal and just 200m from the town centre benefits from planning permission for 15 industrial starter units of c.1400 sqft each which we secured earlier in 2024. We are in the process of discharging the various planning conditions to allow us a start on site. The land is owned by Bluefield and has already been cleared of all buildings etc. Our intention at present is to build the scheme ourselves, but as this is non-core business to us, we could potentially dispose of this site to a commercial developer instead.

Another site speculatively and unconditionally purchased by us, with the aim of delivering a range of dwellings for a housing association. A full planning application was submitted in October 2023, we received a resolution to grant in February 2024 and finally received a planning permission in March 2024.

The development of this project required a complicated demolition due to the nature of the existing buildings and ecology. After this, site remediation (including the treatment of Japanese Knotweed) was required along with various service upgrades, to deliver our first modular scheme to the AECB equivalent of EPC A+. We handed the new homes over to Trivallis in May 2026.

The former Bakehouse in Tondu was Bluefield’s first foray into the Housing Asssociation market. We purchased the site, carried out the demolition and remediation in house and built a substantial 10 apartment scheme for Valleys to Coast. The building has transformed the street scene and provided a scheme of much needed one-bedroom apartments.

This grade 2 listed building within Cowbridge Conservation Area poses a real challenge in balancing the meeting of modern building standards with the protection of the building’s heritage.

Our skills, experience and resource are helping us deliver what will be an exceptional end product. We agreed the purchase of this grade 2 listed property via private treaty with the aim of carefully converting it into four private apartments. However, in discussion with the Vale of Glamorgan Housing department, we agreed to convert the building into six affordable apartments for occupiers aged over 55.

Simultaneously, we contracted with the Council to redevelop the former magistrates court behind the police station into a further eight brand-new AECB (EPCA equivalent) low carbon apartments. Following the grant of Listed Building Consent, Full Planning Permission and also Conservation Area Consent, we demolished the former court, undertook a soft trip of the police station and progressed to a site start in mid-2025.