Manchester to approve regen vision for 50-year-old estate
Around 1,000 new homes could be delivered at Grey Mare Lane in East Manchester under plans being progressed by the city council.
A consultation on a strategy for the long-awaited overhaul of the estate began in May.
Next week, Manchester City Council’s executive is expected to approve the BDP-designed plan, which will guide future development at the 57-acre estate, located close to the Etihad Stadium in Beswick.
Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development, said: “The feedback we receive directly from local people – both through the consultation and the community steering group – is quite often the most impactful. Knowing what a neighbourhood needs is best explained by the very people who live and use the area every day.
“Thank you to everyone who took part [in the consultation] – your feedback will help guide future development proposals for the Grey Mare Lane estate, and we’re looking forward to the first planning applications being submitted late this year.”
The plan calls for new homes, improved transport links, better green spaces, and upgrades to the area’s retail and health offering.
Manchester City Council has outlined what the mix of homes could look like. Around 33% would be one-bed units, 47% would provide two beds, and the final 20% would be three-bedroom units.
The city council will work with One Manchester, which owns many of the homes at Grey Mare Lane, Great Places Housing Group, an active developer of affordable homes across the city region, and This City, the council’s own housing delivery vehicle, to make its vision a reality.
Plans for a new-build apartment block are already in the works. Great Places Housing Group wants to build a 69-flat project on a site previously occupied by The Manchester bar.
The housing association is also drawing up plans for a site off Sunny Lowry Road, which is earmarked for around 100 homes under the masterplan.
Meanwhile, This City will deliver around 150 homes on the former police station site off Grey Mare Lane.
One Manchester is in the process of demolishing and rebuilding 120 homes.
The place is an eye sore. Regeneration can’t come quick enough.
God knows what the tracking fans from European capitals think when they come to City games.
This is the kind of development and investment the city needs outside the centre. Increases density, better quality buildings and permeable green space.
By Anonymous
Improved transport links? I wonder what these could be ?
By Peter Chapman