A scheme for 84 homes on the former site of Sale magistrates’ court have been amended and resubmitted by Trafford council. Plans include 21 affordable homes on the 2.5-acre site off Ashton Lane and Washway Road, with amendments appearing on the council’s planning portal. They now include additional ground-floor living space for future residents as well as solar panels to both the front and rear elevations with battery storage to reduce future energy bills for residents with the use of renewable energy.
The development will include a new public realm and the planting of new trees. Coun Liz Patel, Trafford council’s executive member for economy and regeneration, said: “The Sale Magistrates’ court housing development is a flagship scheme and meets the Council’s policy of building more housing on brownfield sites, with 25 per cent affordable homes.
“The amended application focuses on the delivery of energy efficient homes in response to the demand highlighted in the recent Housing Needs Assessment. There is a terrible shortage of housing nationally, and we are pushing ahead and building as many new and affordable homes as we can across the borough.”
Local developer PIC Homes, who recently completed phase of The Saplings development in Timperley, are delivering the scheme. PIC will work alongside an experienced team of Trafford-based contractors, the council says.
A spokesperson for PIC Homes said: “We are really pleased to be working with Trafford Council to develop this site into much needed family homes. Armaan lived in Sale for 15 years and is a former Ashton-on-Mersey School pupil, so it feels special to be able to give back to the local area.”