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OLD CUSSONS SITE IN LOWER KERSAL TO GET 40% ‘AFFORDABLE’ HOUSING
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Star date: 7th August 2019 CUSSONS SITE, OFFICIALLY IN BURY, GETS 40% AFFORDABLE HOUSING The site of the old Cussons factory on Kersal Vale Road is to house 109 new properties, 40% of which will be defined as 'affordable housing'. While many believe the site is in Salford, it's actually just over the boundary in Bury...which beggars the question as to why Bury Council can insist on 40% affordable housing – and get it – while Salford City Council lags behind. Full details here...
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The old derelict site of the PZ Cussons soap factory on Kersal Dale Road is to be transformed for the building of 118 properties – 65 houses for open market sale and 44 houses and apartments for 'affordable shared ownership' and 'affordable rent'. While 'affordable rent' isn't truly affordable – being 80% of market rent – this still represents 40% 'affordable' housing for the site in line with Bury Council's H4/1 planning policy. There are no 'viability issues' which will reduce this...Unlike at Salford City Council, with the boundary a couple of yards away, where thousands of affordable houses have been lost as developers have found avoidance loopholes. The application for the Cussons development was agreed in 'outline' two years ago but the 'reserved matters', or fine details, have just been submitted to Bury Council by Great Places Housing Association/Cube and are due to be discussed by councillors. As well as 40% affordable housing at the site, the developer will also provide 0.65 hectares (1.6 acres) of Public Open Space; and a 'safeguarded strip of land to allow for the provision of a new strategic cycle route'... The properties will fill the site of the old factory and the former car park across the road facing the river, and the affordable housing will be prioritised according to Bury Council's Allocations Policy...
For a full background see previous Salford Star article - Just 16 Affordable Homes Delivered via Section 106 - click here
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Kaine little wrote
at 06:57:04 on 07 April 2020 |
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| Me and my partner are interested in this plot for our first home and are willing to place a deposit To secure a 2 or 3 bedroom home on this plot |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 19:36:55 on 11 August 2019 |
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| Bob the regular,when all is said and done,it might be the case that Salford is the victim of a strong,growing economy. Such strength enables developers to maximise profits on their speculative ventures - Salford needs to come up with an effective way of taxing these profits! Such a tax would involve either direct monetary payment or the
handing over some properties to the council!
Bob the regular , would you rather live in Bury with a stagnant local economy or in Salford? |
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bob the regular wrote
at 05:11:46 on 11 August 2019 |
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| Ray has to try and give it a Labour spin all the time doen't he? That site is a mile closer to Salford Town hall ,Manchester city centre, Salford precinct etc, than the far end of moor lane Singleton road is. It is about 10 yards outside Salford boundry. Most Salfordians think its in Salford. The truth is, either Bury council have done this 40% thing out of true Labour principles, which I accept they have, or they have done it to keep developers profits and house prices high for buyers as Ray says. Whats it to be? |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 07:58:05 on 09 August 2019 |
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| Bob the regular,on the surface at least,there appears to be something that Salford could learn from Bury! Could it be,that unlike Salford,private developers can only sell 60% of their stock at market rates? The remaining 40% are used to prevent the developers suffering an actual loss.
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bob the regular wrote
at 20:29:19 on 07 August 2019 |
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| It is obvious whats going on here. The Labour mob in Bury have not long had control.They are trying to consolidate their position. Like you say ,although this area looks and feels like its salford, its not. The residents in these new houses will not shop in Bury , for all intents and purposes, they will be "new Salfordians". The irony of all this, is that the new residents will come from Burys housing list not ours. Come on Ray tell us your views on this. |
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