Your Housing Group has completed the purchase of a 2.28 acre site on Manor Street, St Helens, where it plans to build 46 new affordable homes.
The homes, set to be delivered by Westchurch Homes, will be a mix of eight maisonettes and 38 houses, with one-, two-, three-, and four-bed properties.
Your Housing Group says the plans will improve the aesthetics of the local area and provide energy-efficient homes for local people and families.
Lorraine Donnelly, director of Development for Your Housing Group, said: “We are pleased to have completed on this site, and look forward to bringing the development forward and transforming this area into a vibrant community.
“Your Housing Group have ambitious growth plans to provide a variety of quality, safe and affordable homes for every stage of life.
“We currently have a number of developments across the north-west and hope to bring much-needed housing to the area, unlocking affordable living for local people and building thriving communities.”
The brownfield site, a former industrial premises of Airtec Filtration, had been subject to fire damage, leaving the building severely compromised.
Oliver Chan, Business Development manager at Westchurch Homes, said: “Westchurch are delighted to have entered into our second contract with Your Housing Group to deliver 46 affordable homes to St Helens.
“The site at Manor Street has been in desperate need of redevelopment for a number of years having been frequently fly tipped and more recently fire damaged.
“Westchurch Homes look forward to constructing 46 energy efficient homes that will make a major difference to St Helens housing demand.”
The development is being supported with grant funding from Homes England through Your Housing Group’s strategic partnership agreement, and £690k from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority through its brownfield fund.
Your Housing Group manages around 29,000 homes across the north-west, Yorkshire, and the Midlands.
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