Homes England wraps up 84-acre Warrington land deal
The deal could pave the way for 4,200 homes south-east of the town and brings the agency’s land holdings in the area to 617 acres in total, its largest development site in the North.
Homes England has completed a land assembly process that sees it take control of an allocation known as South East Warrington Urban Extension in the council’s local plan.
The newly acquired 84 acres near Stretton “is critical to the entire development’s success”, according to Homes England, and will allow for the delivery of infrastructure to unlock the site.
Alison Crofton, chief property officer at Homes England, said: “This acquisition is the culmination of focused work by the team and represents a brilliant place opportunity.
“This is a clear example of Homes England’s unique role to enable, deliver and demonstrate effective placemaking at scale.”
She added: “We negotiated with multiple stakeholders to successfully complete this acquisition, alongside ongoing local community engagement. We’re looking forward to progressing to the next stage of planning and seeing a new community being delivered.”
Following the acquisition, Homes England plans to draw up a site-wide development framework this year, laying the groundwork for future planning applications.
Savills acted on behalf of Homes England throughout the acquisition.
Adam Mirley, director in Savills’ Manchester-based development team, comments: “A lot of hard work has gone into this acquisition, which enables Homes England to extend its control of this key site – their largest single land holding allocated for housing in the North.
“Work continues now as we support on the production of the development framework and delivery plan to ensure that new homes can start to be delivered as soon as possible.”
More of this needed in other parts of the region. Sensible, rational land assembly.
By Anonymous
I can understand the logic but if your already sitting on 500 acres plus of allocated land should you not be getting that built and funding the infrastructure needed and delivering houses rather than buying more land. They’ve sat on it for years.
By Peter Spear
Absolute Farse. Zero infrastructure to support this and green belt absorbed. Warrington and Homes England clearly lack resource for repurposing buildings, embarrassing really.
By Anonymous