A housing group has secured funding from the Manchester city region to deliver more than 500 new homes across the conurbation.
Great Places Housing Group (GPHG) has received an allocation of £8.4m from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA) Brownfield Housing Fund.
The money from this 2023 funding round is on top of the £4.3m allocation the housing group secured in 2022.
Nick Gornall, GPHG’s director of development, said: “The funding secured demonstrates our commitment to the development of new affordable homes across Greater Manchester to meet housing need, and to regenerate areas by bringing brownfield sites back into use to create integrated, sustainable communities.
“We already have projects on site within eight of the 10 districts within Greater Manchester, and this funding will assist in unlocking delivery in the remaining two.”
The money paves the way for new homes across six of the combined authority’s districts, featuring what is said will be a range of tenures – from social rent to shared ownership.
Furthermore, developments will range from family housing to apartments, including GPHG’s Chestergate scheme in Stockport town centre’s western regeneration zone.
Councillor Ged Cooney, the GMCA’s lead for housing, said: “Great Places has experience of bringing back to life brownfield sites in our city-region and will be delivering 500 more new homes through this latest investment.
“The Brownfield Housing Fund is designed to unlock brownfield land for development, supporting the government’s ambition to prioritise brownfield land, while also increasing housing supply and wider growth. In total, the Greater Manchester Brownfield Housing Fund will unlock more than 16,000 critically needed homes in our city-region.
“To date, the fund has supported the development of more than 6,700 homes on sites in Greater Manchester, with many projects now accelerating delivery in order to help tackle the housing shortage in the city region while also minimising the impact on our green spaces.”
Main image: An artist’s impression of Great Places’ Chestergate scheme in Stockport
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