New targets have been implemented
The new Labour government has been in office for around a month — and in its first few weeks it’s made a series of major policy announcements on energy, transport, and public finances.
READ MORE: Six tireless weeks and a momentous night: How the Manchester Evening News covered the general election PfE is Greater Manchester’s development blueprint. It sets out how many homes are expected to be built — and where they should go within each borough with a series of 'allocations'. Each allocation is location-specific, but building homes under PfE is not just confined to allocated zones - smaller pockets of development are expected to take place across every borough too.
For the moment, officials in the mayor’s office are said to believe PfE won’t need alterations until its next review, in five years’ time. It's thought Greater Manchester might be in a more advantageous position than other areas of England, as other Combined Authority areas like the Liverpool City Region could be asked to draw up their own version of PfE.
That means council officials may have to work more closely with developers to encourage them to invest in their part of the world in order to hit the new targets, or it could mean more planning permissions are given by committees. It should be noted that both the numbers included in Manchester's existing PfE plan and Ms Rayner's revised figures are targets - and hitting those will depend on developers being found and planning permission being secured in each case.Currently, the borough does not have specific major housing developments listed in PfE — its three specified development sites are all for industrial use or warehousing - but residential development is still expected to happen.
Elsewhere, 1,250 homes are eyed for Walshaw, and two sites shared with Rochdale called the ‘Northern Gateway’ should see 2,550 built across the pair. Added to that are another 140 homes set for Seedfield. Oldham Initially, Oldham was expected to build 680 homes every year until 2030. Now, national targets say this should be 1,049.
There is the aforementioned Northern Gateway pair, shared with Bury, promising 2,550, and the Stakehill shared spot with Oldham with 1,680. Salford Salford is similar to Manchester in that it’s a big builder for Greater Manchester — and its new Rayner target is lower than its existing PfE target. PfE says Salford should build 1,658 homes annually up to 2030, Angela Rayner says it should be 1,475 every year until 2029.
Tameside One of the biggest jumps in target is seen in Tameside, which has gone from 485 to 1,223 with the revisions. It only has two sites specifically earmarked for housing development in PfE — and Godley Green is one of the biggest in the city-region at 2,350 homes.
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