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Senior Development Manager at Cobalt Housing. A housing development professional responsible for delivering affordable homes across the business’ three core neighbourhoods and the Liverpool City region.
It’s all starting to come together 😁. Thank you Mike Mason Simon Fenton Partnership Lovell Partnerships Ltd Pauline Allen Shape Consulting Engineers Energy Counsel UCML (Utilities Connections Management Ltd)
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We're incredibly proud to have been involved in this flagship, 80 apartment extra care scheme on the site of the former Spire Hospital in Whalley Range. We have advised Great Places Housing Group and had the privilege of submitting the application on behalf of not only our client, but those in the LGBTQ+ community. It's so important to provide an inclusive communal environment where people feel free to be themselves in older age. We're also happy to propose a neighbouring residential block for 40 much-needed shared ownership apartments. Credit to Triangle Architects for working so hard on delivering an attractive scheme and to the wider team for putting up with us! Rowlinson, Simon Fenton Partnership, Urban Green, Energy Counsel, E3P, Shepherd Gilmour, SK Transport Planning Ltd and Manchester City Council for their constructive input. #whatdowegetforourtroubleandpain #whalleyrange #extracare #lgbtq #affordablehousing
We're delighted to announce that we've submitted plans for the ‘first of a kind’ purpose-built majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care housing scheme in Whalley Range, south Manchester. The plans for the former Spire Hospital site on Russell Road in Whalley Range, have been developed with the input of the Russell Road Community Steering Group, Manchester City Council and LGBT Foundation. The planned scheme will deliver 80 one- and two-bedroom apartments for older people within a high-quality sustainable building of four to five storeys that offers both a strong and inviting presence whilst designed with the context of the surrounding conservation area in mind. The development will be funded by Great Places, complimented by grant funding from Homes England and Greater Manchester Combined Authority Brownfield Housing Fund. The site will also include a neighbouring shared ownership block consisting of 40 apartments, a mix of one- and two-bed apartments, delivering affordable homes to first time buyers and eligible customers, helping to address emerging affordability issues in places such as Whalley Range. For the full story click on the link below. #planning #development #extracare #LGBTQ+ #manchester https://lnkd.in/evkAGaNU
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🌟 Project Completion Announcement! 🌟 We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the £4.5m Woodland Gardens project with our client, Hive Homes! 🏡 This is our first collaboration with Hive Homes, a partnership rooted in our shared vision of delivering high-quality housing. The project in Bolton consists of 28 two and three-bedroom homes, including detached, semi-detached, and mews styles—all available for market sale. Each home boasts a private garden, individual parking, and a modern, energy-efficient specification to meet enhanced thermal and energy requirements. It has been an exciting journey working with Hive Homes, and we look forward to future collaborations. Here's to creating more homes that meet the needs of families and contribute to a more sustainable future! 🌱🔌🏘️ Big thanks to all those involved: Hive Homes AG Built Environment Consultancy MCK ASSOCIATES LIMITED EDGE Consulting Engineers Energy Counsel #Construction #NewHomes #AffordableHousing #Sustainability #EnergyEfficient #JGreenwoodBuilders #HiveHomes #FamilyHousing #ProjectCompletion
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🏆 Great recognition for Manchester City Council's Silk St #development, constructed by Rowlinson, winning the Placemaking Project category at the Cowgills North West Home Builder awards. The scheme is full of sustainable measures - keeping resident's bills lower and minimising carbon - showcasing what new social housing can look like. Credit to all of the partners and people involved in bringing these new #affordablehomes to the community 🙌 Regina Khanum Carol Western Dave Chilton Steve Weir MCIOB MCAU David Skidmore Paul Stevens Mike Mason Matthew Gibson Leanne Walsh Sara Dawson 🐝 Angela Mansell FCIOB Mansell Building Solutions #NWHA2024
Looking good! Pleased to be working on this fab scheme.
Busy times at VIEW HQ, with lots of exciting news to share soon! In the meantime here's a great shot of progress on our Cross Road site in Chorlton. 29 affordable apartments out of the ground with J. Greenwood (Builders) Limited, Southway Housing Trust. #architecture #construction #manchester #chorlton
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We are actively #hiring! Know anyone who might be interested?
We are actively #hiring! Know anyone who might be interested?
Key points of new AGMA planning policy from an energy / sustainability perspective; 1. The energy hierarchy (similar to GLA london plan) appears to have been adopted 2. Expectation is to Be Net Zero now, from adoption 21-03-24. 3. Any residual CO2 above net zero will be chargeable through a carbon levy. (GLA use £95/tCO2 residual for 30 years). 4. From 2025 calcs will include Regulated and Unregulated energy within the calculations. 5. Emphasis on connecting to a DHN following the “Heat and Energy Network Opportunity Areas” document 6. Any resi development of 10 units or more or non resi over 1000m2 will need consideration of district heat network connection 7. BREEAM Excellent Energy Ene01 credits applicable now rising to BREEAM Outstanding Ene01 credits from 2028 8. The space heating and HW targets are quite specific and we’re currently checking outputs against this standard – it may rule out certain energy solutions (direct heating etc) 9. Interestingly even if installing a heat pump solution there appears to be an expectation of 20% ground floor area as PV installed, rising to 40% in 2025. 10. Whole embodied CO2 is referenced but cannot see a date for implementation yet. It’s more rigorous standards which will need to be priced onto all new developments with early input needed to address the correct solution. Give Energy Counsel a call if need any help.
𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 It's been a busy five days at Place North West HQ - the built environment world hardly gave us journalists any time to recover from MIPIM! I know you all had an equally busy week, so if you weren't able to stay on top of the news here are my picks for the must-read articles... 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 Known as "Places for (Nearly) Everyone" by some (*cough* Paul Richards), the Greater Manchester spatial framework is finally adopted. It's been a decade in the making and while its adoption has felt inevitable over the past few months, the conclusion of the saga is well worth noting. Dan Whelan wrote about it: https://lnkd.in/euRcnDH2 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘇𝘇 The busiest borough in GM? Fresh from being named one of the best places to live in the North, Stockport kept up the momentum with the opening of the £140m Stockport Interchange - built by Willmott Dixon (https://lnkd.in/ea7Hq_6m). Edward Mellor unveiled plans for 207 Ollier Smurthwaite Architects-designed homes (https://lnkd.in/eQmgt8JR) And then the council approved Kao Data's £350m data centre and Great Places Housing Group's plans for 148 affordable homes (https://lnkd.in/eQmgt8JR) 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 You can't keep a good city down. Things are on the up for Liverpool development, as noted in the Liverpool Strategic Futures report - which also established nine priority sites for development. Rory Sheehan has the details: https://lnkd.in/euEt4-Sw Couple that report with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority's hunt for a partner for a regen of Liverpool Central Station and there's plenty of reasons for optimism https://lnkd.in/egGAGA_K 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 The government's £20bn New Hospitals Programme is progressing... Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has secured 24 acres to build a much-needed replacement for Leighton Hospital. https://lnkd.in/eDR-ackz 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 Kudos to ECF (Muse, Legal & General, Homes England) for their work with Salix Homes to complete Greenhaus - 96 affordable homes designed to Passivhaus standards. They aren't the only affordable, Passivhaus homes in Salford either - Salford City Council has been working with Identity Consult to deliver even more. There's a very cool video coming to Place North West soon with more details on that. But in the meantime, here's my piece about Greenhaus: https://lnkd.in/eBEM3Mid
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T&T tells clients to start planning for increased contractor demand as workloads set to tick up: Consultant expects current recession to be short-lived #construction #news