Salford City Council’s planning committee has given the green light to The English Cities Fund’s (ECF) 100 sustainable, affordable apartments on Peru Street in Salford, which forms part of its place-changing Crescent Salford collaboration.
ECF is Muse’s joint venture with the government’s housing and regeneration agency, Homes England and Legal & General, one of the UK’s leading financial services groups and major global investor.
The partnership was set up in 2001, to bring together the best of the public and private sector, to transform urban areas and create exceptional new places.
The new homes, which form part of the wider 252-acre, £2.5bn Crescent Salford masterplan, have been designed to be Passivhaus certified.
Passivhaus buildings are designed in their nature to provide a comfortable environment for residents, but importantly can reduce energy bills by up to 90%. This is achieved through a whole-building approach to efficiency and high-quality construction, which is independently tested and verified.
Peru Street will be the second development of sustainable and affordable apartments that ECF is bringing forward, following the success of Greenhaus – another pioneering Passivhaus-certified development that’s due to complete in March 2024.
Greenhaus is a 96-home apartment development, which is creating affordable homes for local housing association, Salix, and is part of its £1bn, 50-acre Salford Central regeneration. Both developments have been designed by renowned local architects, Buttress.
Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “It is fantastic news that the planning panel has given this energy efficient scheme the approval.
“People in Salford are desperate for high-quality affordable homes. Making them to Passivhaus standards, which are hugely energy efficient, mean that in this cost-of-living crisis people who are already struggling can save huge amounts on their energy bills.
“The construction process also creates jobs for local people and apprentices can learn from the opportunities that are available. We want to see much more of this in Salford as we push to provide more affordable homes for local people.”
