Shenton to open co-living Manchester scheme

Urban Splash has received planning consent for its next phase of modular townhouses at New Islington, Manchester.

Southway Housing Trust has started work on extra care social housing in Abbey Hey Lane, Gorton, two years after putting the scheme on hold due to Government benefit cuts.

Manchester City Council is planning to build up to 75 affordable homes in Newton Heath using modular construction, with completion of the first homes planned for 2020.

Japanese housebuilder Sekisui has made its first move into the UK market after taking a 35% stake in Urban Splash’s modular House business, while Splash has also secured £30m from Homes England.

Retail business Leon’s Fabrics has submitted an application for a five-storey development at its Barlow Moor Road site in the south Manchester suburb.  

Greater Manchester leaders and residents of at-risk buildings have said that the Government’s pledge of £200m to replace ACM cladding on private buildings stops short of addressing the problems they face.

This one-off event puts the leaders shaping Manchester on the same stage for the very first time, to answer the tough questions about the past, present, and future of the city. 

Housing grandee Deborah McLaughlin has departed GL Hearn to become an independent consultant.