The biggest estate redevelopment in Greater Manchester for more than 10 years

The biggest redevelopment of an estate anywhere in Greater Manchester for more than 10 years has been approved.

Trafford council’s planning committee unanimously granted planning permission to housing association Irwell Valley Homes and contractors Seddon for their £50m plans to overhaul the Sale West Estate.

The plans include 79 new affordable homes, the revamp of 184 exisiting homes – including new boilers, gates, rooves, kitchens and bathrooms – new roads; sports facilities; and brand new playgrounds.

Each of the homes will be available for social rent, up to 80pc of market rent values (Irwell Valley Homes and AEW Architects)

Irwell Valley Homes manages more than 1,000 homes on the Sale West estate.

Planning permission for the 79 new affordable homes, set to cost £11m, was granted planning permission by the council in June 2020.

The homes marked the first phase of the housing association’s massive planned redevelopment of the estate and were due to be completed this year.

The 79 new affordable homes are reserved for those with local ties to the area (Irwell Valley Homes and AEW Architects)

The whole regeneration of the Sale West estate is expected to take at least seven years.

This next application as part of the scheme was for outline planning permission to regenerate the estate and involves the ‘residential development’, or revamp of up to 184 homes; replacing and upgrading the area’s sports and community spaces; creating new and improving existing roads through the estate, improving parking facilities, play areas, as well as removing and cutting back some trees.

In 2020, when the plans were first tabled, Sasha Deepwell, chief executive of Irwell Valley Homes, said: “We are delighted to be making this significant investment in the Sale West estate. We are committed to providing great homes, in good neighbourhoods, and this major regeneration programme will help us to achieve this.

The homes will be in a variety of different sizes, according to the plans, with a mixture of two, three and four-bedroom homes (Irwell Valley Homes and AEW Architects)

“As well as the improvements to the existing homes and estate, the new homes will give local people access to a home they can afford within their community.

“Over the last two months we have been working with local residents and partners to understand their aspirations for the area. By listening to their views, we have been able to identify what’s important to them and have used their feedback to influence our plans.”