Green light for Red Bank Infrastructure works
An application submitted by Manchester City Council for the crucial infrastructure improvements needed to ensure that the Red Bank neighbourhood is ready for future residential development has now been accepted by Manchester City Council’s Executive. The plans were submitted earlier this year, in March.
These infrastructure works, including land remediation, earthworks and change in site levels, will help to support the delivery of up to 5,500 new low carbon homes across a range tenure types in the coming years.
As one of the first phases of the major Victoria North regeneration programme, these key infrastructure improvements will pave the way for future planning applications for new homes from the Council’s Joint Venture Partner for Victoria North – Far East Consortium (FEC) – and other third-party developers. The approved works, including land remediation, earthworks and change in site levels, will help to support the delivery of up to 5,500 new low carbon homes across a range of tenure types in the coming years.
This phase of the Victoria North regeneration programme is being funded through a £51.6m grant award from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF), which is being provided to address various infrastructure constraints at the site in order to bring than 25-acres of brownfield land back into use. The area is currently characterised by underused brownfield land and invasive species, including Japanese Knotweed. These works will begin the process of removing vegetation, creating welcoming and managed routes through the area for walking and cycling, and will act as a catalyst to clean the River Irk.
Over the next 15 to 20 years, the Victoria North project will deliver more than 15,000 new homes (at least 20% of which will be affordable housing), with each neighbourhood connected by high quality green spaces and 46-hectare City River Park, which will open up and celebrate the Irk River Valley for the first time in decades.
You can find more information on the approved works at: https://www.manchester.gov.uk/news/article/9071/victoria_north_%E2%80%93_planning_application_approved_to_transform_brownfield_land_and_unlock_thousands_of_homes_in_red_bank