News for: House building

MORE than 2,100 people have responded to the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework consultation and had their say on Greater Manchester’s Plan for Homes, Jobs and the Environment. The consultation for the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework opened last month and runs until Monday, March 18 … [Read more...]

A report published by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has found that dated policies and an unfair tax regime must be reformed to create an environment that will allow high streets and town centres to flourish in the future. Stockport, like town centres and High Streets … [Read more...]

Stockport is set to benefit from a national first and Andy Burnham's Mayoral Development Corporation, the first time MDC powers have been used to regenerate a town centre. Greater Manchester’s leaders have outlined radical plans to ensure the city-region can thrive at a time of national uncertainty … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester’s Housing Lead, Mayor Paul Dennett, has called for surplus cash from the city-region’s Housing Investment Fund to be put towards delivering more truly affordable housing. The Fund, which was part of Greater Manchester’s ground-breaking devolution package, could also be used … [Read more...]

North west based Airborne Environmental Consultants have been awarded a 3 year contract from Stockport Homes Group.  The Manchester based company have been appointed to provide asbestos consultancy over the next 3 years creating new jobs in Stockport Stockport Homes Group, who manage a housing … [Read more...]

A new report has found that the distribution of roughly £7 billion of government housing investment in five separate housing programmes over the next five years is inconsistent across England. Areas across the South of the country are disproportionately funded, according to a new report from Core … [Read more...]

Stockport's Equity Group are taking steps to raise money for chosen charity of the year, St Ann's Hospice. As part of their pathway to reaching their goal of £2,000 this month, the team are taking part in The Accumulator Challenge.  Throughout the month of October Equity are competing with local … [Read more...]

Stockport based Together, specialist lenders within the property sector, have published a guide to short-term finance. The market for bridging loans has soared over the past few years, breaking the £3billion barrier for the first time in 2017. But what is short-term finance used for?  Initially … [Read more...]