Green light for 563 homes in Stockport town centre 

Amstone Ventures’ £100m build-to-rent development on the site of the former Sainsbury’s supermarket on Warren Street was unanimously approved by councillors. 

The 563-apartment No1 Knightsbridge is the largest single residential project in the town’s development pipeline and will see a town centre brownfield site repurposed for homes. 

Amstone Ventures lodged plans to redevelop the former Sainsbury’s store off Warren Street late last year.  

Designed by Leach Rhodes Walker, Amstone’s project would see the demolition of the former supermarket and the construction of three residential blocks of seven, 10 and 15 storeys.  

A total of 238 one-bedroom apartments are proposed, while 266 would have two bedrooms. The remaining homes would be a mix of three-bedroom townhouses and apartments.  

Amstone bought the 3.3-acre site from Sainsbury’s in March 2021. The firm also developed the 614-home Clippers Quay in Salford for Grainger plc. 

No1 Knightsbridge is one of several large residential schemes progressing in Stockport.  

Others include Capital & Centric’s Weir Mill, Investar’s Royal George Village, and the 196-home build-to-rent scheme at Stockport Interchange.  

Stockport Council is also on the hunt for a development partner to deliver 1,200 homes on an eight-acre plot west of the former bus station.