A new estate of 161 homes could be built in Langworthy in a scheme developers say will ‘reinvent’ terraced housing.
Salix Homes and Step Places have unveiled their plans - for two green spaces off Liverpool Street - which they say has been designed with the aim of getting neighbours to talk to each other.
They are asking Salford council permission to build 115 houses and 46 apartments on two brownfield sites at Kara Street and Liverpool Street, an area that’s dominated by traditional terraced housing.
And developers say they want their plans to re-create a sense of community that’s been lost over the years.
In planning papers sent to the town hall last week, they say: “We see a place where communities thrive because they know who lives on their street, what their next door neighbour did for a living, their children’s names and what they did on their last birthday.
"In this context communities developed in the past, and we see this can happen again today with the right context.”
“Our scheme is purposefully designed to not only encourage interaction among neighbours, but also to ensure that any person regardless of income or tenure aspiration can enjoy the same style and size of home with the same external façade as anyone else,” they say.
The mix would include homes for outright purchase, shared ownership, social rent and affordable rent on the same street.
“We wish to encourage economic and social diversity which in essence are key ingredients for a flourishing community,” they say in papers.
They argue that developments in the area like Chimney Pot Park are ‘attracting a new community back to the once dead streets’.
“Our intention is to reinvent terraced homes as a home of choice for future generations.
"We want the characteristic of Salford’s industrial heritage, and sense of community where people looked after their neighbour to be reinforced with this development,” they add.
