Folkestone & Hythe District Council purchased the 2.25-acre plot the following year with the intention of developing a housing scheme itself following the closure of Highview School on Moat Farm Road in 2016.
Rising interest rates and construction costs made it unviable for the local authority to bring it forward itself, deciding to prepare and de-risk the site for the market instead.
Money secured through the Brownfield Land Release Fund was used. Interventions included demolishing the derelict school, completing essential ecology work and securing planning permission.
Highview Development Company has now bought the land for £800,000 – a move which allows 30 new homes, of which 22% will be affordable, to be delivered to the original design.