Construction will begin on Longshaw Drive, a large-scale low energy residential development in Salford, designed in consultation with Pozzoni Architecture
Longshaw Drive housing development in Little Hulton was approved by the Planning Committee last month. Salford will see its largest social housing development in 50 years – with 177 new sustainable homes.
Built to low energy standards, the homes will replace the former buildings of Hulton High / Little Hulton Community School, which were removed in 2009.
Pozzoni has carefully considered the surrounding residential area. It has decided on one main entrance for vehicles and incorporated with pedestrian and cycle paths.
Choice and flexibility
Affordability and flexibility are at the heart of this project and therefore a range of options are available, including social and affordable rent, homeownership and private rented accommodation.
Each home at Longshaw Drive will be built to the same specifications and so there will be no visible differentiation between tenure types. Existing site levels and topography have been taken into account so that there will be an integrated and logical arrangement of new streets.
Housing styles will be varied from two-bedroom terraces to three- and four-bedroom semi-detached houses to three-storey apartments to wheelchair adapted properties.
Longshaw Drive is one of the first and the largest sites to be developed under Salford City Council’s new social housing plan, with other nearby housing developments to include Clifton Green, Pendlebury, Brassington Avenue and Ryall Avenue.
The Longshaw Drive scheme is due to start on site in the coming months.
‘We’re incredibly proud of the sustainable housing designs we’ve achieved for Longshaw Drive’
Sophie Roberts, project architect, Pozzoni Architecture, commented:
“This is a milestone project for Pozzoni. We’re incredibly proud of the sustainable housing designs we’ve achieved for Longshaw Drive by working to Salford City Council’s brief to create a leading development of low energy and affordable homes.
“By aiming to meet the highest possible standards of sustainable housing design across this site, we’re incredibly excited to see work begin on this scheme and we’re already leveraging our learnings from the project for best practice across our growing portfolio of sustainable net zero developments.
Avison Young, Anne Hargreaves, planning consultant for the scheme, added:
“Salford City Council and the design team have worked closely with the Local Planning Authority to develop a well-balanced and well considered residential proposal that will be of significant benefit to the locality in years to come – it has been a pleasure to be involved”.
Jeremy Poulter of Phi Low Carbon, said:
“It’s great to see low carbon, low energy standards now being targeted by Local Authorities for these large residential schemes. We are pleased to be part of the project team, working with Pozzoni to help deliver this pioneering low energy project.”
The scheme is being project managed by Identity Consult, with Curtin’s as the lead transport consultancy, civil and structural engineers.
