<p><span>Vistry Partnerships has exchanged contracts with Homes England on six schemes of more than 570 new homes.</span><span></span></p> <p><span>Vistry Partnerships said it had agreed a “flexible and pragmatic approach” to the sites with Homes England so that delivery could continue during the coronavirus crisis. To this end, Vistry Partnerships' employees will progress planning applications in collaboration with Homes England while working from home.</span></p> <p><span>Stephen Teagle, Vistry Partnerships' ceo, said: “It’s a challenging time for the housebuilding and construction industry, so I am delighted that we have secured these six new housing sites. We have developed a successful partnership with Homes England and are already providing many hundreds of homes together; these new developments will add to that partnership, providing hundreds of affordable homes.</span></p> <p><span>“Thanks to our agile business model and a collaborative approach with Homes England to accelerate delivery, we have been able to identify solutions which will enable us to progress as soon as possible. We know that the demand for affordable, quality homes remains high and we are very well placed to get these underway as soon as we can.”</span></p> <p><span>The new schemes are:</span></p> <p><span> </span><span>· </span><span>St James Hospital, Portsmouth: consented for 107 mixed tenure homes, including 50% affordable …