Construction begins on £24 million Heaton Mersey housing scheme

Construction work has begun on a £24 million housing development at the former Cranford Golf Centre in Heaton Mersey being delivered by Great Places Housing Group.

Newly sworn-in Mayor of Stockport, Cllr Adrian Nottingham, was present to mark the beginning of work on the site, which has lain vacant since 2014.

The scheme will build 106 new homes, including two-, three- and four-bed affordable housing and apartments for social rent, shared ownership (via the group’s Plumlife brand) and five additional homes for market sale (through Cube Homes).

Delivery of the Heaton Mersey housing development comes following Great Places’ merger with Cheadle Hulme based Equity Housing last year. The merger has enabled the group to work closely with Stockport Council to help bring forward the scheme and significantly add to the borough’s stock of affordable and social housing.

The Heaton Mersey site consists of approximately 2.62 hectares of land that formerly comprised of the vacant golf driving range and the associated buildings in the western part of the site, together with the grassland of the driving range to the east.

Developer, Breck Homes has carried out all remedial work, construction is now underway and completion is expected in early 2024.

Matthew Harrison, Chief Executive of Great Places said:

“We’re delighted to bring this flagship development to Stockport, our first in the borough since our merger with Equity Housing Group last year.

“Great Places is committed to addressing the housing crisis and this new development will provide much needed affordable homes for a range of customers.

“The site has stood vacant since 2014 so the new homes will breathe life into the local community and we’re very pleased that work has now commenced”.

Mayor of Stockport, Councillor Adrian Nottingham, said:

“This site has been ripe for development for a number of years and we are delighted to have work starting.

“The new affordable homes will provide families with a great place to live and benefit the local economy with an influx of new customers.

“There is a need for this type of housing in Stockport and we are delighted to be working with Great Places to bring this development to fruition.”

Andy Garnett, Director at Breck Homes said:

“We are delighted to be working with Great Places at Cranford to transform this site and create a vibrant new community in Heaton Mersey.

“We have a strong track record in delivering fantastic, modern homes that will allow the people who move in to live and grow for the years to come.

“Given the multi-tenure nature of the development, we’re delighted to have started work on the site and look forward to see it progressing.”

Photo: L-R:  Steve Slater (Clerk of Works), Chris Heath (MD of Cube Homes); Helen Spencer (Development Director, Great Places Housing Group) Andy Garnett (Director of Breck Homes); Cllr Adrian Nottingham (Mayor of Stockport MBC); Matthew Harrison (Chief Executive of Great Places Housing Group); Andy Kippax (Strategic Housing Lead at Stockport MBC).