A Greater Manchester strategic land business has revealed the location of three North West sites where it hopes more than 1,000 homes could now be built.
Ainscough Strategic Land (ASL) said its trio of promotion agreements in the North West - for Farndon in Cheshire, Delph Farm near Warrington and Christleton near Chester - highlight growing confidence in the region's house building sector.
The company works with landowners to promote their land through the planning system. According to Leigh-based ASL's land director David O'Reilly, all three sites are now under contract, along with a further ten being progressed through legals elsewhere in the UK.
Mr O'Reilly said: “North West house-builders remain keen to ensure a pipeline of consented sites and look to businesses like ours to deliver that for them, even in challenging times like these.
“There’s a lot of work to do in terms of consultation and master-planning on each of the sites but we’re well on with the task and look forward to firming up our proposals in due course.”
The Farndon site is 46 acres, while the Delph Farm is 90 acres, and Christleton eight.
The three North West sites are part of a much wider portfolio that the strategic land business is currently working on, including sites in Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire and Worcestershire.
Mr O'Reilly added: “Despite the headwinds out there, house-builders remain confident. Given the housing sector’s contribution to jobs and wider economic growth, this is good to see.
“Our in-house skills, together with support from knowledgeable and experienced consultants, means we have a 95% success rate with sites we put forward for planning permission.
"We have an enviable track record and excellent relationships with our landowner partners which we work hard to maintain. I am confident we’ll be able to steer these north west sites through the planning system to help contribute towards the region’s housing needs, and they complement the wider UK portfolio of projects that Ainscough will deliver in the coming years."
