The Council’s executive will be asked to consider a report at next week’s committee meeting (Weds 22 January) outlining a range of land disposals across Manchester that will help deliver more than 700 new affordable homes.
In 2023/24 the highest level of affordable housing was delivered for a decade, contributing to the Council’s ambitious housing strategy to deliver at least 10,000 genuinely affordable, Council and Social Rent new homes up to 2032.
To further meet this target Manchester City Council will continue to collaborate within the Manchester Housing Providers Partnership – coordinating support and delivering sustainable affordable housing to meet the city’s needs. New housing will help reduce demand on Manchester’s housing register and will be part of the Council’s approach to help reduce homelessness.
Legal & General Affordable Homes and L&Q have recently joined the Housing Partnership, broadening capacity and complementing the specialty of existing partners, but also expanding delivery resources over the housing strategy period to 2032.
The report outlines the Housing Partnerships plans for ten brownfield sites and how they have been designed to directly address acute local affordable housing demand, providing a broad range of different house types and tenures ranging from specialist supported accommodation, apartments for key workers and right-sizers, along with larger family houses.
Following Executive approval, all proposals are expected to conclude pre-application engagement with the Local Planning Authority and for public consultation on the design proposals to commence before construction works begin on site as soon as possible.
Various 100% affordable housing land disposals include:
- The first phase of new housing at Grey Mare Lane and the delivery of the new masterplan for the east Manchester estate. The site will deliver 76 social rented homes by Great Places as part of a long-term plan to deliver more than 500 new homes.
- Replacement of the derelict Apollo Pub in Miles Platting that will see 31 homes for social rent by Jigsaw Housing, complementing the PFI programme that has delivered 480 new family homes in the last decade.
- 12 bespoke supported accommodation homes in Clayton to be delivered by Mosscare St Vincents (MSV) to help meet the need for specialist homes for adults with learning difficulties and autism.
- Disposal of the former Levenshulme Cricket Club land, which has been unused for some years, to deliver 50 affordable larger family homes by Southway Housing. The former leisure centre site in Levenshulme could also deliver 30 new affordable homes.
- The Peacock Centre in Gorton will deliver 70 affordable homes by Clarion, while Southway are proposing nine new affordable homes on Wilbraham Road in Chorlton.
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Leader of the Council Bev Craig said:
“Building more affordable homes for Manchester residents is one of Manchester City Council’s biggest priorities and we have a massive housebuilding programme under way to build at least 10,000 genuinely affordable, council, social homes.
“We know that building these much-needed homes isn’t easy, so we have looked at how we can get the best use from land that the council owns to help us reach ambitious housing strategy. I’m pleased to bring forward the latest examples of where we our building on our land.
“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. We are committed to building the new homes Manchester residents need to thrive.”
Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development, 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. 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.”
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