Homes in Green Quarter and Levenshulme up for approval

Linear Living’s 251-apartment scheme on Cheetham Hill Road and Southway’s plans for 50 houses on a former cricket club are due to be given the green light next Thursday.

Cheetham Hill Road and Lord Street

Aew Architects is leading on design. Credit: Linear Living

Developer: Linear Living

Planner: Enabl

Architect: AEW Architects

Planning reference number: 145243/FO/2026

Linear Living submitted proposals for a 24-storey residential block on the edge of Manchester’s Green Quarter in March. The development comprises 251 homes including four townhouses.

The developer has previously delivered phase one of the £34m Trafford Gardens and is now looking to regenerate the long-vacant site, bounded by Cheetham Hill Road, Lord Street, and Fernie Street.

Linear acquired the site from Delph Property, which bought it in 2018 from a vehicle backed by B&M Bargains founders Simon and Bobby Arora. At that time, the site had consent for a 16-storey scheme featuring 190 apartments.

Linear’s plans are seven storeys taller than the earlier proposal, indicating recent growth in the area, which is sandwiched between two emerging growth locations: Victoria North and Strangeways.

Subject to planning approval, Linear Living anticipates work starting on site before the end of 2026, with completion targeted for early 2029.

Levenshulme Cricket Club

The site has not been used for sport for many years. Credit: Google Earth

Developer: Southway Housing Trust

Planner: Pegasus

Architect: Calderpeel

Planning reference number: 144830/FO/2025

The housing association wants to build 50 houses for affordable rent and shared ownership at the disused Elsa Road sports field.

Proposals for the three-acre former Levenshulme Cricket Club site, which has not been used for sports for many years and is overgrown, comprise a mix of two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes with 21 for rent and 29 for shared ownership.

The homes will be two-storey brick and tile houses in response to the local vernacular.

In recommending the scheme for approval, officers said it “involves the development of the site in order to bring forward and deliver several key priorities for the city including new affordable family homes for rent and for shared ownership”.

Southway Housing acquired the three-acre site from Manchester City Council last year as part of a deal that saw the local authority dispose of 10 sites across the city for 700 homes.

Sites in Moss Side, Gorton, and Miles Platting were among those sold to the likes of MSV, Southway, L&Q, and Legal & General Affordable Homes to help the city council hit its target of 10,000 discounted homes by 2032.