Scheme OK鈥檇 despite lack of affordable housing
Developer Renaker has seen its plans for 1,950 homes across a series of towers in Castlefield approved by Manchester City Council.
The 拢500m Trinity Islands scheme, designed by renowned tall buildings architect Simpson Haugh, includes four towers of between 39 and 60 storeys on a 1.78ha split site close to Deansgate in the middle of the Castlefield conservation area.
The scheme will include 638 one bed apartments, 1254 two beds, 42 three bed homes and 16 three 3 bed duplex apartments.
The permission was granted despite all of the homes being for private sale, with a commuted sum of just 拢106,000 agreed for off-site affordable housing, out of a total estimated development value of 拢745m.
Manchester council requires 20% affordable housing from schemes as policy except where viability assessments indicate this is not affordable.
Justifying the lack of affordable housing proposed, the officer鈥檚 report said: 鈥淭he proposal would develop a contaminated, brownfield site laid as a car park. The site makes little contribution to the local area.鈥�
The scheme will, however, contribute 拢1.5m towards a local school.
Despite the scale of the scheme, officers said 鈥渢he height, scale and appearance of the development would contribute positively to the area and the development would be safe and secure鈥�.
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