Work begins on £10m first phase of Cityheart’s Stopford Park
Oak Construction is on site at the former Stockport College delivering the first of three residential buildings within the 442-home scheme.
Bosden, a new-build six-storey block comprising 62 one- and two-bed flats will soon start rising out of the ground at Cityheart’s Stopford Park scheme.
Bosden is expected to complete in March 2026 and off-plan sales will launch in June 2025.
Alongside Bosden will be the Torkington – a conversion of a former Stockport College building – with a further 122 apartments, and a 16-storey building called Lyme, to comprise 258 apartments.
Cityheart bought the £120m scheme, formerly known as Royal George Village, in December 2023 following the collapse of previous developer Investar.
The former Metropolitan Girls’ School on Greek Street will also be converted into flexible workspace as part of Cityheart’s plans.
Stockport Council Leader Mark Hunter visited the site to mark the beginning of above ground work.
“Stopford Park is a fantastic site for new homes and stands as an anchor asset of cultural heritage and importance,” he said.
“This is a place that blends the old and the new, celebrating our rich history while embracing a dynamic future.”
Greg Ball, development director for Cityheart, added: “Stopford Park is a great addition to Stockport’s town centre.
“Not only are we delivering high quality sustainable new homes we are creating an accessible neighbourhood with an art park as well as landscaped gardens and accessible pathways, designed for the local community to enjoy.”
The project forms part of the 130-acre regeneration masterplan for Town Centre West, which is being driven forward by Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation as part of Stockport Council’s £1bn town centre regeneration programme.
Other schemes within TCW include Weir Mill, Stockport 8, and the Interchange.
Lib Dem Hunter, who has come under fire recently for the council’s decision to delay the creation of an updated local plan, was bullish about authority’s regeneration of the town centre.
“Stockport isn’t just regenerating – it’s rewriting the rulebook for town centre transformation.,” he said. “Through the work of the MDC, we are delivering real change at pace. Stockport’s ambitious approach ensures we are building a thriving, inclusive, and prosperous place for residents and businesses alike.
“Unlike other regeneration schemes that stall or lose direction, Stockport is seeing tangible results: new homes, thriving businesses, improved transport links, and a renewed sense of identity.”
Stockport just needs to find another 119 sites with the same potential and they’ll be able to meet their 15 year local plan housing target set by government.
By Sceptic
Good to see more housing but please can we have house with gardens not flats
By Anonymous
Great news, Let’s hope this opens up some investment and tidying up of Castle Street!
By NEIL
Anonymous (February 25, 2025 at 6.24 pm) – if you’re seriously advocating building lower density houses rather than higher density apartments in one of the most sustainably accessible places in the borough – in fact in the world – then you’re part of the problem.
By Anonymous
Really hope these apartments have balconies.
By Urbano
Will they be affordable ?
By Anonymous
@ February 26, 2025 at 9:27 am
By Anonymous
There is a way around this. Townhouses with rear gardens. Adds gentle (ie mid) density in a central location and is a good compromise between low density and high rise. Paris has high density with very few skyscrapers.
By Rye
They need to build more three bed flats, how’s a family meant to live in these
By Brad
More flats. Will people be able to afford them
By Margaret
February 26, 2025 at 2:54 pm
By Rye
Mid-density town-houses in a central location like this is a waste of land. Don’t forget that much of this site is already, or was previously, occupied by 7 storey college buildings (some of which this scheme will be converting). Mid-density is more suited to inner suburban areas outside of centres and key access corridors. We shouldn’t let the fact that we’ve allowed hideously low densities to proliferate (because they’re what the housebuilders have hoodwinked society into believing they want) in the past temper our aspiration for meeting housing needs and delivering sustainable communities in the future.
By Anonymous