Trafford Council has re-submitted an application to build more than 80 new market sale and affordable homes on the site of the former magistrates’ court in Sale.
The Council has applied for permission to build 84 properties, including 21 affordable homes, on the one-hectare site off Ashton Lane and Washway Road.
The application has been validated to deliver accommodation providing additional ground floor living space for future residents, and has been submitted to support the delivery of much-needed new, high quality energy efficient homes in the borough.
The plans for the homes include the addition of solar panels to both front and rear elevations with battery storage to reduce future energy bills for residents with the use of renewable energy. This supports the Council’s corporate priorities of addressing the climate crisis and providing a thriving economy and homes for all.
The development will include a new public realm and the planting of new trees, both bringing social, economic and environmental benefits to an urban setting with excellent transport links.
Cllr Liz Patel, Trafford Council’s Executive Member for Economy and Regeneration, said: “The Sale Magistrates’ court housing development is a flagship scheme and meets the Council’s policy of building more housing on brownfield sites, with 25 per cent affordable homes.
“The amended application focuses on the delivery of energy efficient homes in response to the demand highlighted in the recent Housing Needs Assessment. There is a terrible shortage of housing nationally, and we are pushing ahead and building as many new and affordable homes as we can across the borough.”
Local developer PIC Homes, who recently completed Phase 1 of The Saplings development in Timperley, are delivering the scheme. PIC will work alongside an experienced team of Trafford based contractors.
Co-owners of PIC Homes, Armaan Chohan and David Strettle, are delighted to be delivering the project. A spokesperson for the company said: “We are really pleased to be working with Trafford Council to develop this site into much needed family homes. Armaan lived in Sale for 15 years and is a former Ashton-on-Mersey School pupil, so it feels special to be able to give back to the local area.”
