Funding secured to unlock 70-home Croxteth estate regen
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has given Cobalt Housing a £1.6m grant to pave the way for the regeneration of the Stonedale Estate.
The funding for the 70-home project comes from LCRCA’s Brownfield Land Fund, which is being deployed to get sites ready for redevelopment into up to 5,000 homes across the city region.
Louise Davies, executive director of communities and regeneration at Cobalt, said: “As part of our commitment to build 1,000 new homes over the coming years, we have a significant regeneration and investment programme for our Stonedale Estate, which will deliver over £20m into the area through a combination of new build, estate improvement works and the re-modelling of existing stock.
“This funding not only enables us to deliver much-needed affordable homes in Liverpool, but it also plays an integral part in the wider regeneration of the area.”
The homes, a mix of one, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom houses, apartments and bungalows, will be built by Lovell Partnerships across two phases.
The first phase of development will prioritise a four-storey L-shaped block to provide 30 apartments. In addition, there will be eight cottage flats, five houses, and three bungalows. Car parking will be available for 44 vehicles.
The scheme’s second phase will construct 25 houses. An offer of nine two-beds, six three-beds, six four-beds, and four five-bed homes will be available. A total of 35 parking spaces would be provided.
Some outdated homes have been demolished to make way for the new-build properties.
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said: “Our region is built on ambition, and we’re investing in projects that make a real difference to our communities.
“This funding will help transform a once-unused site into high-quality, affordable homes for local people—ensuring that we are not just building houses, but creating sustainable, thriving communities.
“By unlocking the potential of brownfield land, we’re tackling the housing crisis head-on, and ensuring that our regeneration efforts are environmentally responsible and future-proofed.”
Contributors to the project include Place Capital Group, Jameson Acoustics, Shape Consulting Engineers, Redmore Environmental, E3P, Energy Counsel, United Environmental Services, MDLandscape, Micro Drainage, and Chris Partington Land Surveyors.
Shouldn’t a housing association be doing this anyway without a grant, and the money used for a different housing development
By GetItBuilt!
Do we know if these are all for rent, or are any for sale outright or shared ownership, anyway as the Mayor says a good use of unused land.
Yes we do want to see housing available for local people but that shouldn’t be 100%, surely any forward thinking city welcomes outsiders.
By Anonymous
I support this.
My only concern is parking. Particularly in the phase 1. With the change to electric cars it is important that all new build residences have access to private charging points. FOR THE 30 APPARTMENTS could each have a related carparking space with charger connected to their apartment.
Driveways or home charging points will be majorly important to these residents, as the cost of non residential charging will be a significant cost for underprivileged people.
By Jackie madden