A report detailing the progress on the landmark Northern Gateway project will be heard by the Council’s Executive this week
The Northern Gateway will deliver around 15,000 new homes as part of the joint venture between Manchester City Council and FEC (Far East Consortium).
The Northern Gateway comprises 155 hectares of predominantly brownfield or under-used land back into more productive use and the new homes will account for 28% of the city’s housing investment planned as part of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.
The terms of the funding package is expected to be agreed in the coming weeks and will also enable major land remediation works, develop new road access, new footpaths and cycleways, along with necessary utility investments to bring power onto development sites and strengthen existing water and drainage networks.
The funding will also allow work to begin on a central tenet to the project: the City River Park, comprising a network of attractive parks and green spaces extending from Angel Meadow in the city centre and linking to the Irk River Valley, Sandhills and Collyhurst.
Collyhurst phase 1will see up to 300 new homes (including 130 social rent) in Collyhurst Village and Collyhurst South, along with new commercial premises and the first phase of the new Collyhurst Village Park – which is planned to be significantly larger than the existing park.
Consultation has been on-going since February this year with local residents to gain vital insight into proposals for the area. The current proposals would involve the demolition and reprovision of 29 existing homes and one commercial unit which will be replaced within the new development.
A planning application for this phase of works is expected later this year once local consultation exercises have been completed.
Planning consent has been granted for 80 new homes on Addington Street, New Cross (now called New Cross Central) with a range of apartments and townhouses.
And a planning application for the former Angelgate at Dantzic Street (now called Victoria Riverside) has been submitted for 634 apartments.
Cllr Suzanne Richards, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and regeneration,said: “This funding is the key to unlocking the potential of the Northern Gateway project. This part of Manchester has remained untouched for some time because it requires major investment to install the necessary utilities, a transport network, and the significant land remediation that will allow us to bring forward home building at a scale not seen in this country for decades.
All these new houses being built. How many of these houses will be sold to local people and you say 15.000
New properties so let’s say 2 adults and a young person. so times 15.000 x 3 so that’s 45.000 people requiring employment. Where are these jobs coming from. Then there’s the pollution of a extra let’s say 30.000 cars all leads up to a awful situation.