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.
Will there be any disabled properties with mobile scooter acclamation,?
By Anonymous
Fantastic news for Stockport, its starting to look a little less grim!
By Former Stockfordian
Fantastic. Get it up as quickly as possible.
The only downside to this is that 33-35 Warren St wasn’t subject to a compulsory purchase order and brought down for the benefit of redeveloping the area. Its continued existence will be the only damper on this scheme.
By Tom
Looks slightly better than the Red Rock development but not much better.
By Anonymous
Not to forget there are also 200+ residential units under construction at Meadow Mill in Stockport centre’s development pipeline. Let’s hope the maxim “build and they will come” is correct here.
By Martin
Looks tacky but anything is a bonus.
By Ben
Stockport will be unrecognisable in a few years. Looking forward to seeing the end outcome.
By Dan
Great news, so many more homes are needed in Stockport right now. Obviously, there will be downsides, disrespectful tenants etc, but upsides too, like residential committees and input. Personally, I would like to know will there be separate, purpose built apartments for disabled people?
Anyway, including the other building work going ahead, it is a welcome addition to the growth and centralisation of the town in general.
By Craig Roche
More town centre parking lost, won’t help the shops that are left.
By Anonymous
I wonder what the pollution levels are like this close to the M60?
By Anonymous
Another block of apartments similar to all built in Manchester and Rochdale . Shops will disappear in Town centres in the next 20 years .
By Mr Nobody
The design would look far better if the windows were horizontal.
By Mike
Cheap looking scheme, needs urgent improvement.
By 1981
More cars to clog up already congested Stockport.
By Anonymous
Social housing is desperately needed in Stockport. Not more sky high rents.
Flats are not ideal for families, just ask the people who live in Lancashire Hill.
By Anonymous
Developers turning Stockport residents into rental slaves all their lives
By Joe
dated design already but better than nowt!?
By manc
When are any new schools, doctors or dentists going to be built in Stockport to accommodate all the new residents? Already impossible to get an appointment and schools bursting at the seams with 2 years sharing a classroom!!!
By Anonymous
It’s great to see new homes being built, however ugly some people may find them. But…
I’m just thinking, is this to entice “high end earners “ to the area? Will there be any chance that less affluent people will be able to afford a property here? Disabled people on benefits, housing benefits, supplemented incomes. How many of these new flats/appartments will go to long time Stockport residents? I imagine a token few of course, for appearance’s sake, but these are purpose built private properties, and I doubt the average low income families of Stockport would be able to afford one.
Just a thought.
By Craig
But Craig we need people with disposable income, otherwise there’s no point
By DH