6-year-old Albert Seddon from Poynton is the lucky winner of Bellway’s Design a Crown fit for a King competition and receives a limited edition celebratory King’s Coronation teddy bear. Held at Bellway’s Copperfields development on Dickens Lane in Poynton, the fun competition challenged children … [Read more...]
News for: House building
Contract awarded to deliver £25 million housing scheme for older people at Woodford Garden Village
Countryside Partnerships has been awarded the £25 million contract to deliver a new care home at Woodford Garden Village on the site of the former Woodford aerodrome. Plans were approved in Spring 2022 for a three-storey 87-home apartment scheme for older residents, alongside 17 two-bedroom … [Read more...]
Plans submitted for 144 affordable apartments in Stockport town centre regeneration district
Great Places Housing Group has submitted plans to build 144 high-quality affordable homes in the Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) Town Centre West regeneration area. The proposals for the £34 million development on Chestergate will be the housing provider's second site in the MDC … [Read more...]
Devolution deal offers boost for social housing in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester and the West Midlands are to receive an additional £250 million in funding for social housing following new devolution arrangements for the two city-regions. Local authorities in Greater Manchester are to receive £150 million (with the remaining £100 million going to councils … [Read more...]
New homes approved for former Heaton Mersey school site
North Wales-based housebuilders, Anwyl Group, have had plans approved for 82 properties to be built on the former Focus School site in Heaton Mersey. The businesses acquired the site in April 2022, after it had been disused since 2019 when the independent school operated by the Plymouth Brethren … [Read more...]
Town centre rent-to-buy housing scheme set for approval
Stockport Council's Planning & Highways Regulation Committee has been recommended to approve plans for 73 rent-to-buy apartments in the town centre. Proposals were first lodged by Great Places Housing Group in September 2022 for the scheme that would see a block of 73 affordable homes built … [Read more...]
Stockport Homes Group executive appointed to chair North-west housing consortium
John Bowker, Executive Director of Operations at Stockport Homes Group, has been named as the new Chair of regional housing consortium, JV North. He will take over from Wayne Gales, Chief Executive of Weaver Vale Housing Trust, who has chaired the consortium since 2018. Executive Director of … [Read more...]
Construction completes on town centre affordable homes
14 affordable homes, including two social rent apartments, have completed at the Hopes Carr regeneration scheme in the town centre. Viaduct Housing, a partnership between Stockport Homes and Stockport Council, have transformed a portion of the boroughs oldest surviving industrial area into a … [Read more...]
Government opens consultation on 35% increase to planning fees
The government has launched a technical consultation on plans to increase planning fees for major developments by 35%; a 25% increase is proposed for other applications. The government's plans aim to improve the performance of local authority planning departments by increasing their funding … [Read more...]
CMA to launch review into home building and renting practices
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced two separate studies to investigate the competitiveness of practices in the home building and private rental sectors. The work has been sparked by widespread problems over housing availability and costs facing both buyers and renters. On … [Read more...]
Mixed use scheme approved at Woodford Garden Village
A mixed-use scheme of approximately 15,800 sq ft commercial space and six apartments has been granted planning approval as part of the ongoing Woodford Garden Village. Proposed on the site of the disused Woodford Aerodrome and former Bodycote Heat Treatment Works on Stockport's outskirts, the two … [Read more...]
Cranes roll into Stockport as Weir Mill restoration reaches key milestone
Two giant cranes have appeared on Stockport's skyline as the restoration of the town centre's historic Weir Mill continues to take shape. The work to preserve the iconic 18th Century building will create new homes and public space, transforming the once derelict site into a buzzing new riverside … [Read more...]
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