Kellen and Great Places lodge 200-home Stockport plans
The housebuilder and housing association have submitted proposals for a 100% affordable scheme on part of the 54-acre Mirrlees Field site in Hazel Grove.
Kellen Homes and Great Places Housing Group have taken a step towards getting on site almost 12 months to the day since the 200-home project was given the go-ahead at appeal.
Stockport Council’s planning committee had rejected the scheme in 2022 against officer recommendation, prompting MAN Energy Solutions, which owns the site, to appeal.
MAN has agreed to sell the plot to Kellen subject to planning and Great Places is lined up to operate the homes.
The development will deliver 100% affordable housing comprising shared ownership and rental properties, supported by grant funding, according to the developers.
The scheme also features a 40-acre country park, to be managed by Land Trust.
To learn more, search for reference number DC/094517 on Stockport Council’s planning portal.
Kellen and Great Places consulted on the plans last autumn.
Affordable housing for local people – about time!!
By Jamie
Planning approval for this site was originally granted with a requirement for 50% affordable housing provision to be funded by the developers.
Therefore a move to a 100% Homes England funded development pretty much confirms that development on the Green Belt including 50% affordable housing provision is not viable.
If that is the case then contrary to popular opinion the Green Belt in Stockport must still be safe from market housing development.
By UnaPlanner
@UnaPlanner apart from the fact this isn’t a Green Belt site…
By Anonymous
Lets just hope Great Places maintain these houses better than many of their properties!
By Anonymous
Great, what is needed, hopefully the tenants shall look after the community
By Moore
I don’t understand Unaplanners comment.
Not sure why market housing on the Green Belt needs a grant. Firstly this site is not green belt and is 100% affordable. Affordable housing is subsidised housing, and therefore not delivered at market value. That’s why they are all tiny boxes, and needs a grant to fund the gap in value / construction costs.
Market housing on the greenbelt would be sold at a much higher price, so wouldn’t need a grant to deliver it, meaning Stockport’s greenbelt is up for grabs if there isn’t a suitable housing supply.
By ALL
Great news!
By Kaz
“Grant funded affordable housing” = nil affordable housing in the planning sense.
By N Y