The site is allocated for housing in the Places for Everyone joint plan. Credit: via planning documents

Harlex to offload Timperley site following appeal win 

Once home to World of Pets Garden Centre, the 7.2-acre site off Thorley Lane has planning consent for 116 homes. 

Harlex Property has appointed CBRE to market the Timperley Green Belt site for sale a little more than a month after securing planning permission for a residential scheme via the appeal process. 

Trafford Council rejected the developer’s plans in March 2022, citing concerns about the impact the project would have on the Green Belt. 

However, the Planning Inspectorate overturned the refusal saying that Harlex’s project – which will feature a 45% provision of affordable homes – would address an “acute and persistent housing supply shortfall”. 

When plans for the project were lodged in 2021, planning consultant Rapleys cited Trafford Council’s poor housing delivery record as a reason the development should go ahead. 

“Trafford currently falls within the bottom 10% of authorities in England for housing delivery,” Rapleys’ planning statement said. 

Harlex bought the site, allocated for housing under the Places for Everyone plan, in 2018 in a deal backed by the Residential Land Partnership fund. 

The site is to be sold on a freehold basis and offers will be considered on both conditional and unconditional basis, according to marketing materials prepared by CBRE.  

Your Comments

Read our comments policy

Disgusting. All that nonsense they’ve been spouting pretending to care about the community and environmentally conscious design bla bla bla. All fake. They just wanted to flip the land for the profit.

Cue somebody buying it and building an estate that looks nothing like what was taken to appeal.

By Anonymous

I don’t understand how this can be allowed to happen?

By Anonymous

This isn’t news – of course they were going to sell it to a housebuilder for the biggest receipt

By Alan

Wonder who’ll be going in those houses!

By Anonymous

Related Articles

Sign up to receive the Place Daily Briefing

Join more than 13,000 property professionals and receive your free daily round-up of built environment news direct to your inbox

Subscribe

Join more than 13,000 property professionals and sign up to receive your free daily round-up of built environment news direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

"*" indicates required fields

Your Job Field*
Other regional Publications - select below