Clarion, Jigsaw and Great Places among those expecting to acquire land
Manchester City Council is in talks to dispose of at least ten brownfield plots to housing providers in a bid to deliver over 700 new affordable homes.
The plans will be brought before the executive at a meeting tomorrow (22 January), with the recommendation to note the proposed land acquisition and disposal arrangements to MSV Housing (Mosscare St Vincents), Southway Housing Trust, Clarion, Jigsaw Homes North, Great Places Housing Group and Legal and General Affordable Homes.
The organisations, who are members of the Manchester Housing Providers’ Partnership (MHPP), firms are helping to carry out the city’s housing strategy 2022-2032.
The strategy aims to deliver 36,000 new homes within ten years, with 10,000 of those designated for affordable housing, of which a third are for shared ownership or rent to buy.
In 2023-24, the strategy saw more than 600 affordable homes built across the city.
Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council, said: “We are on track to meet our target, and we have seen more genuinely affordable homes built in the last year than at any other time in more than a decade. This is being done through programmes like this, our own building company This City, Project 500, large regeneration schemes and working to influence the market.”
If approved by the executive, commercial negotiations will be finalised and public consultation on the design proposals will commence before on-site works start as soon as possible.
Gavin White, executive member for housing and development at Manchester City Council, said: “We are constantly reviewing what land opportunities are at our disposal to build much-need housing across a range of tenures and types to meet demand in a local area.
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“These parcels of land will all deliver the homes we know these communities need, including significant affordable and social housing, but also specialist housing too. We really welcome the accelerated delivery of new social and affordable housing that these sites will enable.
“This is in no small part thanks to our strong partnership approach, working closely with Manchester’s housing providers using council-owned brownfield land, public and government funding, and the expertise of the city’s affordable housing developers to build high quality, low carbon homes for Manchester people.”
Some of the brownfield sites and their proposed partners and development plans include:
· Crabtree Lane, Clayton (MSV): 12 learning disability and autism (LDA) specialist supported housing apartments
· Barnhill Street, Moss Side (MSV): 220 homes
· Grey Mare Lane, Beswick (Great Places): 76 homes
· Gorton Lane, Gorton (Clarion): 79 homes
· Varley Street, Miles Platting (Jigsaw): 31-home social rented apartment scheme
· Wilbraham Road, Chorlton Park (Southway): 9 homes
· Levenshulme Cricket Club (Southway): 50 homes
· Levenshulme Baths (Legal and General Affordable homes): 30 homes
· Alexandra Road, Moss Side (Legal and General Affordable Homes): 50 homes
· Broadmoss, Charlestown (Legal and General Affordable Homes): 150 homes
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