Planning Granted For 23 New Homes At Peel Lane – Heywood

Stanley Investments has secured Full Planning permission at Peel Lane in Heywood. The development of 23 new build homes for Affordable Rent is being delivered for Aksa Homes, part of the Jigsaw Homes Group.

Funded with grant from Homes England, the scheme secured a Start on Site within the March end funding deadline.

Chris Curtis, Director at Stanley Investments said “We are delighted to bring this scheme forward for our partners at Jigsaw. We have worked collaboratively across the whole team to deliver the scheme to site despite the increasingly difficult conditions we all face within the current operating environment. Stanley Investments will continue to work diligently, and safely over the coming months to deliver further schemes for our RP partners

Planning Approved For 32 New Homes At Lancaster Road – Overton

Stanley Investments has secured planning consent in partnership with Jigsaw Homes Group for 32 new homes off Lancaster Road in Overton. The scheme is part funded by Homes England.

The consent is granted as a Non-Material Amendment to an existing permission, although some design and engineering improvements were also included. The scheme includes a mix of bungalows, 2 bed housing, 3 bed housing and cottage flats for Affordable Rent and Shared Ownership.

Neil Hughes at Stanley Investments said, ‘This is another high-quality scheme we are delivering for our partners at Jigsaw, with a particularly focussed diligence, planning and pre-construction period. We pride ourselves on undertaking robust diligence and determined project management to deliver schemes to our partners within key Homes England milestones.’

Stanley Investments delivers land led package schemes to Registered Providers across the North West and Midlands and Technical Land Due Diligence Consultancy for RP’s seeking to acquire its own land for development.

Planning Submitted For 24 New Homes – Brookside Road Whiston

Stanley Investments has submitted a planning application in partnership with Torus for 24 new homes off Brookside Road in Whiston. The scheme will comprise of one and two bed cottage flats for Affordable Rent with funding from Homes England.

The site, is currently surplus open land of poor amenity value. It is located immediately adjacent to residential properties and suffers from a history of antisocial behaviour, bonfires and abuse.

Chris Curtis, Director at Stanley Investments said ‘These carefully considered development proposals have been welcomed by the local community as major improvement to the area, and that makes us very proud. We shouldn’t forget that smaller schemes such as these can have a huge positive effect on local communities, deliver genuine sustainable development, and have real impact where it is needed most

Planning Granted At Barkerhouse Road – Nelson

Stanley Investments Ltd has secured planning permission at Barkerhouse Road in Nelson. The housing scheme for Affordable Rent comprises a mix of two and three bed homes, and is being delivered for Stanley’s RP partner, Muir Homes Group.

The application, validated on the 15th August, improves upon an already extant permission and was debated by the planning committee at Nelson Town Hall before being approved. The scheme, designed by Eden Building Design, will be built by John Turner Construction Group Ltd.

Neil Hughes, Head of Technical at Stanley Investments said, “This is another high-quality scheme which we are delivering for Muir Housing Group. We are very proud of our ability to secure timely planning consents and by a process of genuine collaboration and engagement we have secured a resolution to grant at committee within eleven weeks.

Planning Submitted For 32 New Homes At Lancaster Road – Overton

Stanley Investments has re-submitted a planning application in partnership with Jigsaw Homes Group for 32 new homes off Lancaster Road in Overton. The scheme is part funded by Homes England.

The submission constitutes a Non Material Amendment to an existing consent, and will include a mix of bungalows, 2 bed housing, 3 bed housing and cottage flats for Affordable Rent and Shared Ownership.

Chris Curtis, Director at Stanley Investments said, ‘I’m delighted to be delivering another scheme for Jigsaw. There is huge unmet housing demand in smaller rural settlements across the north west. This scheme will address need across the social spectrum, and we are proud to be making this valued contribution.’

Planning Submitted For 23 Homes At Peel Lane – Heywood

Stanley Investments has submitted a planning application in partnership with New Charter Housing, part of the Jigsaw Homes Group, for 23 new homes off Peel Lane in Heywood. The scheme is part funded by Homes England and will be for Affordable Rent.

The site which has been vacant since the 1990’s once accommodated the former Oddfellows Public house, carparking and dilapidated Mid-Victorian terraced housing, and sits well within the settlement boundary of Heywood.

Chris Curtis, Director at Stanley Investments said, ‘It’s great to be working up another scheme for our trusted clients at Jigsaw Homes Group, which is a testament to the strong housing delivery partnership that we have forged between us. It is always our preference to remediate and reuse brownfield land wherever we can to support the development of a sustainable built environment.’

Planning Submitted Off Barkerhouse Road – Nelson

Stanley Investments has submitted a planning application in partnership with Muir Housing Group and John Turner Construction Group for 20 new homes off Barkerhouse Road in Nelson. The scheme is part funded by Homes England and will be for Affordable Rent.

Chris Curtis, Director at Stanley Investments said, ‘It is fantastic to be working up another scheme for our trusted clients at Muir Housing Group, so soon after the start on site of our latest development with them in July, and we are proud to be partnering with John Turner Construction Group, which will be building this one. John Turner Construction Group has a great pedigree, and we know that build quality will be of the highest standards.’

Alex Fury, Assistant Director at Muir Housing Group said, ‘We are really excited to be bringing forward this development, providing much needed high-quality affordable homes in Nelson. Muir has a long running commitment to the local area and we will be continuing to invest in our communities wherever possible. This scheme is a good example of a strong delivery relationship between Muir and Stanley Investments, proving the value of partnership working for now and the long term.’

Faraday Development Ltd v West Berkshire Council

Over recent weeks there has been a re-emergence of the debate amongst colleagues and peers in relation to developer led public sector projects, the case of Faraday Development Ltd v West Berkshire Council (2018), and the implications for developer led land and works package deals.

For developing RP’s proactively engaged in securing individual land led package deals for the delivery of new housing, there should be no debate. If the land is supplied, the scheme specified and substantially determined by the developer delivering the packaged scheme, who then does not determine unilaterally who the build contractor will be, and which is effectively delivered immediately, there is no confirmed demonstrable breach of Public Contracts Regulations.

In practice, this housing delivery method is not dissimilar to an RP securing another key supply of new build housing via a s106 Agreement and retrospectively adjusting the design and specification of that housing by subsequent agreement, a method of delivering affordable housing that has been in place since the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.

Of course, there is mixed use schemes being procured about the country which are much more complex than a straightforward land led package scheme for housing, or an s106 Agreement, and this will always be the case. If a public body introduces its own land to the deal under a Development Agreement with land draw down stages into the future, as in the case of Faraday v West Berkshire, then it is certainly not a straightforward developer land led package deal.

The provision of new build affordable housing schemes must be done properly, whichever the delivery route. Land led package schemes have been around for many years, and now provide a substantial proportion of affordable housing delivery nationally, a proportion we really cannot manage without.

At a time when access to public land for new housing development is at its lowest level ever, whilst affordable housing demand is at its highest, when renting Millennials may never be able to afford any housing accommodation in their later years, it would be a profound breach of our inter-generational duty not to collaborate, to press on and deliver now, that which will be most needed tomorrow.

Planning Secured at Cropper Road – Marton Moss, Fylde

Stanley Investments has secured detailed planning consent for 31 new affordable homes at Cropper Road, Marton Moss in Fylde.

The scheme for Affordable Rent comprises a mix of one, two and three bed homes, and is being delivered for Stanley’s RP partner, Muir Homes Group.

The application, submitted on the 20th February, carried no objections prior to being heard at Committee and is recognised as delivering a high-quality urban design. Planners noted that the dwellings within the site are laid out appropriately with parking to the side or behind dwellings wherever possible, and intermittent trees and hedgerows within the site breaking up frontage car parking. Walls are proposed on prominent boundaries within the site which is a better-quality material, taking the opportunity to make a positive contribution to the character and local distinctiveness of the area through high quality new design that responds to its context.

Chris Curtis, Director at Stanley Investments said, “This is yet another scheme we have added to our growing portfolio that we can be truly proud of. The whole technical and design team have undertaken some real problem solving to achieve this outcome, which is a testament to the culture of meticulous technical due diligence we uphold here at Stanley Investments

Residential Planning Secured At Field Street – Wigan

Stanley Investments in partnership with Jigsaw Homes Group has secured planning consent for 72 new build affordable homes on the former cattle market site on Field street in Wigan.

The brownfield site, which is within a short walking distance of Wigan’s two main train stations and the DW stadium, was once a cattle market but has remained empty and derelict for years attracting fly tipping and anti-social behaviour

The new build, Homes England funded scheme is due to Start on Site imminently by contractors Casey Construction Group Ltd will comprise a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bed homes for affordable rent and will result in the complete transformation of the local area.

Neil Hughes, Head of Technical at Stanley Investments said “We are proud to bring forward the long overdue redevelopment of this prominent site for Jigsaw Homes. Along with our partners, we have overcome significant site related challenges to bring about the delivery of high-quality new homes and the complete transformation of the local area