Plans submitted for next phase of £250m housing scheme

North Leigh Park

Plans have been submitted for the next phase of the £250m housing scheme in Wigan.

The 78-hectare, mixed-use North Leigh Park project will include 1,800 new homes.

Manchester office of planning and development consultant Lichfields has submitted applications totalling 507 homes, a new link road and local centre on behalf of Countryside Properties.

Lichfields has submitted a reserved matters application to Wigan Council for 257 dwellings comprising a mix of 50 two-bed, 195 three-bed and 12 four-bed family homes.

Out of these, 161 dwellings will be delivered as affordable housing, comprising both shared ownership and affordable rent options.

A second ‘hybrid’ application has been submitted for full planning permission for 250 dwellings and a new link road, from Leigh Road to Atherleigh Way, together with associated works.

This proposed development will include a mix of 44 two-bed, 165 three-bed, and 41 four-bed family homes.

The development will include 59 affordable homes and 21 different house types.

This hybrid application also seeks outline planning permission for a local centre which could include new shops, cafés, restaurants and health uses, to the north of the new link road.

Lichfields estimates the total construction cost of the development will be £250m, and is expected to create 426 full-time construction jobs over the 10-year build programme.

Outline approval was granted for the North Leigh Park development in 2013 and, as the only allocation within the council’s Core Strategy, the site is a key component in meeting housing supply in the Borough.

Last year Lichfields secured approval for the first phase comprising 199 new homes.

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