Final phase of 16-year Miles Platting project starts
Lovell Homes’ East Manchester housing scheme is nearing a conclusion, with construction commencing on the last 28 homes.
Lovell, alongside Manchester City Council and Jigsaw Homes, has been redeveloping 264 acres in Miles Platting for the past 16 years. The project has seen the refurbishment of 1,500 homes and the building of around 700 residences.
The last phase, known as Saxon Square, has been designed by PRP Architects.
Saxon Square is set to complete in early 2024. Credit: via Cartwright Communications
Saxon Square is situated on land bound by Varley Street, Sandal Street, Stacey Street, and Bradford Road. It is located just a few minutes walk from Saxon Saint Park, where the development’s name comes from.
The 28 homes being built at Saxon Square comprise a mixture of two-bedroom, three-bedroom, and four-bedroom houses. The cheapest of the homes has a price tag of £299,950.
“Getting the first homes out of the ground at Saxon Square is a fantastic milestone in the wider Miles Platting timeline,” said Paul Challinor, regional managing director at Lovell.
“The transformation of the area through careful redevelopment – including new homes, green spaces, children’s play areas, and improved pedestrian links – has created a fantastic community,” he continued.
“It has also expanded the much-needed housing stock, which still heavily favours apartments rather than houses.”
Saxon Square is set to complete in early 2024, bringing a conclusion to the Platting Village project.
You can see the planning application for Saxon Square by searching 134052/FO/2022 on Manchester City Council’s planning portal. You can see the original 2006 masterplan for Miles Platting by searching 079633/OO/2006/N1.
Now begins the decline
By Dan
The cheapest home in Miles Platting, three hundred thousand pounds?
By Elephant
These houses are pretty dull looking, such a shame it’s low density considering it’s so close to the city centre.
By Aaron
Absolutely nuts seeing the cheapest at £300k when you look at average prices for the area in the past 5 years. Anyone buying these houses at this price will be due for a nasty shock in the next couple of years…
By George
The area provides decent family accommodation, but the low-density and lack of non-residential uses means it’s squandered an opportunity to house tens of thousands and create a vibrant neighbourhood. It’s an improvement, but looking at the density created in Ancoats and even 90s Hulme, it’s not ambitious enough.
By Decent
Most of us who bought here earlier in the development are sitting pretty. Houses with gardens and off road parking only 15 minutes walk to picadilly or Victoria, far better value than a flat. As someone in the comments pointed out low density, I’m pretty confident these houses will be in demand for a long time to come. Who else is building houses with gardens and off street parking 10 minutes from cutting room square?
By Marvin
City dwellers who’ll live there before moving as soon as they have a child
By Gilly
This is a 15 minute walk from the city centre, it’s insane to build such low density suburbia here.
By Anonymous
Let’s get some towers in and spark the neighbourhood into life!
By Giant Skyscraper Fan
PRP, where is your ambitious? City need people to survive, density is good and density creates a more interesting place to live. This scheme already looks outdated.
By Allergic to Squirrels
A 2 bed box in Miles Platting is £300k?
Errr.. Since when? 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
By Bernard Fender