Manchester City Council has lodged plans for the first phase of its flagship £4bn Victoria North housing scheme, which consists of 5,500 new homes at Red Bank.
Proposals for the site, which is expected to deliver more than 15,000 new homes over the next 15 to 20 years, were submitted last week.
The first phase of the project – a joint venture between the council and developer Far East Consortium – is backed by £51.6m of funding from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. The award will also enable the first phase of a new 113-acre City River Park within the Red Bank neighbourhood.
The application seeks approval for invasive tree and vegetation removal, creation of a temporary haul road and demolition of the Creamline Dairies buildings.
Red Bank, one of seven neighbourhoods that make up the Victoria North regeneration area, is largely characterised by underused brownfield land. The largest brownfield site is the 25-acre former Red Bank carriage sidings, which closed for rail use in the late 1980s.
Gavin White, executive member for housing and employment at Manchester City Council, said: “The former Red Bank carriage sidings provide 25 acres of brownfield land on the edge of the city centre which can be repurposed for residential uses, meaning that we can continue to provide much-needed housing without using greenbelt land.”
The council said further planning applications will be submitted on a phased basis during 2022 seeking permission for the main infrastructure works, improvements to St Catherine’s Wood and the first elements of the City River Park.
These will be followed by applications for residential development. Initial public consultation exercises relating to the redevelopment started in October, with further consultation events expected to take place in December.
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