The cost of the land is understood to be just under \u00a3300m to the housebuilders \u2013 with the finalised value of the sites nearing \u00a31bn.<\/p>\n
Billed as the UK\u2019s first garden city in a century \u2013 and intended to alleviate the housing\u00a0shortage in the South East \u2013 the Ebbsfleet project has seen a slow start \u2013 of the 15,000 homes planned for the site, only around 805 have been completed.<\/p>\n
The latest land buys take in an area called Eastern Quarry \u2013 one of the three main \u2018villages\u2019 at Ebbsfleet \u2013 where three new schools, shops and community facilities are also planned.<\/p>\n
Countryside is already developing an additional 800 homes at another site within the wider development, while this will be Barratt\u2019s fourth site purchase at Ebbsfleet.<\/p>\n
Henley Camland will market the rest of the land it owns in the coming months.<\/p>\n
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