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Great Places Affordable Development Team has completed its £2.3m development in Rotherham, its first fully completed scheme as part of its second Strategic Partnership agreement with Homes England. The 52-week project at Kilnhurst Rd in Rawmarsh has transformed the former derelict brownfield site into 20 homes for affordable rent. Delivered in partnership with Allert Building […]

Great Places submits plans for 144 affordable apartments in Stockport’s regeneration district Great Places has submitted plans to build 144 high-quality affordable homes in the Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation Town Centre West regeneration area on a site called Chestergate. Our proposals for the £34 million development will be our second site in the regeneration area […]

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Manchester-based social enterprise, Youth Elements CIC, has recently celebrated the opening of its first youth hub at the  Cooperative building in our Northmoor Anchor Neighbourhood. Guests at event to mark the launch of its first One Drop Youth Stop in Longsight were given a flavour of some of activities that will be taking place at […]

James Grundy, MP for Leigh, has joined us on a visit to the site of our recently completed £9.8m development at North Leigh Park. Mr Grundy, and local Councillors joined our Executive Director of Growth, Helen Spencer and Countryside Partnerships’ Managing Director for the Manchester and Cheshire East region, Joe Turner for a tour of […]

Customers at Meadow Lodge, our specialist homeless supported housing project in Trafford, now have a new space to relax and socialise, thanks to the transformation of a former storage space into a communal lounge. Thanks to funding from Great Places’ residents’ well-being fund, the Meadow Lodge team has been able to convert a former storage […]

Great Places Preferred Provider for UK’s first older person’s LGBTQ+ extra care scheme Great Places has been announced as the preferred provider to design, build and manage the UK’s first purpose built LGBTQ+ majority older person’s housing scheme in Whalley Range, south Manchester. The innovative project will deliver more than 100 apartments for people aged […]

Cllr Julie Grocutt, Deputy Leader of Sheffield Council and Chief Executive Kate Josephs recently joined us on a visit to view progress on the site of our new £8.2m development of 51 new affordable homes at London Road close to Sheffield city centre. They were joined by our Chief Executive, Matthew Harrison, Director of Development […]

Stockport Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing has sung the praises of our new housing development in Heaton Mersey, Stockport. Stockport Council has taken a strong interest in the progress at The Poplars development from the outset. Cllr Helen Foster-Grime met with members of the project team for a tour of the £24 million […]