ECF has secured planning consent for a new affordable homes development on the site of a light industrial trading estate in Salford.
The project will see ECF – a joint venture comprising Legal & General, Muse and Homes England – transform the partly-disused Regent Trading Estate on Oldfield Road into around 63 one- and two-bedroom apartments and 27 town houses designed to Passivhaus standards.
On completion, the new homes at Oldfield Basin, which were designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, will be acquired and managed by Derive RP – an independent housing provider created by Salford City Council.
Natalie Kennedy, senior project manager at ECF, said: “We are delighted to be progressing with what is an imaginative and highly sustainable scheme. Oldfield Basin will bring back into productive use a brownfield site and provide 90 much-needed affordable, low carbon homes. The neighbourhood we are creating, alongside a key cultural venue, will be completely unique and strike a chord with people interested in living sustainably in an environment favoured by creatives.”
Paul Dennett, Salford city mayor, added: “It is great news that the approval has been given to these 90 affordable homes. This new scheme fits perfectly with our plan to provide more affordable homes for local people and makes use of our brownfield first approach to building new communities. The homes will also be built to the highest energy standards which use much less energy to stay warm in winter and cool in the summer. This helps to reduce the energy bills of the people who live there and a smaller environmental impact on the planet.”
Re-form advised on landscape design and DPP acted as planning consultant.
