Salford completes £39m Little Hulton homes
Seddon has handed over 177 Passivhaus-designed residences off Longshaw Drive to the city council, having picked up the scheme following the demise of Crossfield Construction in 2022.
The homes are built on the former 12-acre home of Harrop Fold High School. The Little Hulton development is one of the largest affordable housing initiatives from Salford City Council with 92 affordable or social rented homes and a £38.8m price tag. The remaining 85 residences are for the private rental sector or open market sale.
There are 132 houses on the 12 acre site, all with between two and four bedrooms. There are also 45 one- and two-bedroom flats.
Salford City Council’s registered provider, Dérive, is due to manage the affordable housing element.
Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett said it was “fantastic” to see the project complete.
“It marks another important step in our mission to deliver the high-quality, affordable homes our residents so desperately need,” Dennett said.
“With a national housing crisis and rising living costs, developments like this make a real difference for communities across Salford.
“This scheme has transformed an empty brownfield site into a thriving neighbourhood of high-quality homes, built to Passivhaus standards. These energy-efficient homes will help residents keep their bills down while supporting our wider climate ambitions.”
“Delivering more affordable housing remains an absolute priority for the council, and we already have hundreds more homes in the pipeline.”
Seddon Housing Partnerships managing director Mark Walker thanked the project team for the project, including Identity Consult, Pozzoni Architecture, and Sutcliffe.
“Together with our partners, we have turned an unused brownfield site into a place people can genuinely be proud to call home, with high-quality new homes built to respond to what Salford needs,” Walker said.
“It is also a scheme with long-term value built in. These homes are designed not just to increase supply, but to help residents with the cost of living through better energy performance and lower running costs.”
When the project received planning permission in 2021, the team included Avison Young, TEP, Curtins, SRL, GL Hearn, PHI Architects, EPS, and JC.
Not very good for the area, traffic is bad enough as it is, never used to be like this, just taking every bit of land and building on it, they don’t ask the people who live there.
By Anonymous
When are you going to sort the pot holes and pavements instead of spending money on a silly bridge to nowhere across fredrick Road
By Anonymous
Think you need to check your facts. Jarrod fold is on Hilton lane and now called Lowry academy
By Anonymous
God help whoever has to live in them. We live in a Passivhaus owned by Derive in the Ordsall area and it has been a living hell for 2 years. They are too cold in winter with little to no active heat source and in summer they easily reach late 30 degrees to 40+ degrees inside the house due to lack of shading, over insulation, the ventilation system that consistently brings in the warmer air from outside and massive solar again from the excessive glazing! They aren’t fit for purpose with the climate we now have in the UK!
By Adam
And to add to the previous comment, they do not help with cost of living as you either have to purchase multiple extra electric heaters in winter which cause a fortune to run! Or in summer you have to have endless fans or even portable air con units running just to try and make them bearable to live in.
By Adam
Its a shame around 100 of these brand new homes have stood empty for about a year due to conflict between Derive and the council
By Anonymous
Traffic jams everywhere, absolute chaos
By Jean Lowe
Why would you spend good money for a house in the middle of a council estate. Crazy idea
By Anthony Davies