The first new Council homes in Collyhurst Village are being made ready for local people – the first of 274 new homes, including 130 Council-owned homes for social rent.
This current phase of building presents the first of a long-term plan for investment and redevelopment in the north Manchester neighbourhood over the next decade.
These first completions consist of 10 houses for social rent – including a specially adapted property for a household with mobility needs. These homes sit alongside the first 14 properties for sale, helping to increase housing options in the community and attract new residents.
The Council tenants taking up the first Council homes are existing Collyhurst residents and will begin moving into their new homes later this month (September 2025), while some of the new owner occupiers took receipt of their keys over the summer.
The homes are a mixture of sizes ranging from three-bed to five-bed properties, designed to meet the needs of the existing Collyhurst residents who will be moving in. They are modern homes, designed to be thermally efficient and sustainable. All homes will have a rear garden, a driveway as well as the infrastructure to accommodate electric vehicle charging.
Construction works continue to complete the remainder of the homes in both Collyhurst South and Collyhurst Village alongside a new community park in Collyhurst Village.
The Future of Collyhurst
Looking to future phases, the Council and its Joint Venture partner FEC plan to shortly continue the ongoing conversations and consultation with the local community to help guide the long-term masterplan for the neighbourhood that will underpin the approach to development over the next decade.
This will include building more affordable, sustainable homes and creating different types of housing to support residents at different stages in their life, alongside a proposed new Metrolink stop at Sandhills, quality green spaces, improved walking and cycling routes and better connections to other local neighbourhoods. Proposals will be developed in consultation with the local community, which will take place later this year.
Future education provision is also being considered to ensure there is enough, good quality provision to meet Primary and Secondary school requirements in this part of the city.
Find out more about the future of Collyhurst.
Cllr Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council, said:
“The Council is serious about delivering investment into North Manchester. This is a landmark moment for Collyhurst, for the Victoria North programme and North Manchester as a whole.
“These new homes for local residents mark real and visible change – through which we deliver new good quality housing and improved amenities including a Metrolink station, shops and local services.
“In the meantime, we are cracking on with the rest of the homes in this first phase of investment in Collyhurst that will see 274 homes built in total – including 130 homes for social rent – and a new community park.
“Collyhurst is part of a much wider focus on north Manchester and a vision to deliver significant investment in these neighbourhoods and part of our ground breaking programme to build council and social housing for local people across the city This part of our city will see a £6bn boost in the coming years that will deliver major health investment, new housing, creating jobs and opportunities for our residents to live healthier and happier lives.”
Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development, said:
“We’ll be welcoming the first residents to their new homes in a couple of weeks’ time and I’m really looking forward to seeing how they settle in. These are highly sustainable council homes, which mean they are not only efficient but also cost effective for residents – which is crucial in terms of cost-of-living.
“These first new homes are a significant milestone in the regeneration of Collyhurst and as we progress with delivery of phase one, we will be working with the community to set out plans for continued investment over the next decade and more. We believe that Collyhurst has a huge amount of potential and we will continue working directly with local people on proposals for major investment in their neighbourhood.”
Tom Fenton, Strategic Partnerships Director at FEC, said:
“We are delighted to be handing over the first social rented Council homes to existing residents of Collyhurst as one of the initial phases of delivery within Victoria North. Both ourselves and our partners Manchester City Council have put in a huge amount of effort to carefully design tenure blind homes of the highest standards, with bespoke enhancements to meet the specific needs of some of the pioneer residents who will take possession of their homes in the next few weeks, it’s really exciting.”
The North Manchester Strategy: The heart of a new start and a fresh vision for a stronger, healthier north Manchester
This is the heart of a new start and vision for the area, making it – and its people – stronger and healthier. It focuses on England’s biggest civic-led regeneration project: a £6bn boost that includes healthcare and housing innovation. Working with local people and a partnership of organisations, its ambition is to bring much-needed investment to north Manchester over the next ten-to fifteen years. This will then drive economic regeneration, employment and improved health and wellbeing for people who live there as well as having benefits that spread into neighbouring areas.
Victoria North
The Victoria North regeneration programme will see up to 15,000 new homes built between Victoria Train Station and Queen’s Park in Collyhurst over the next 15 years in seven new and existing neighbourhoods across 155 hectares. Each neighbourhood will be linked by high quality green spaces that will open up and celebrate the River Irk. This first phase of development in Collyhurst is an important step in delivering this vision.
Already 430 homes have been completed across the Victoria North, as well as 550 currently on site and a further 4,801 with planning approval. This includes 258 affordable homes in the initial phases, with more planned to be delivered as part of Section 106 Agreements and additionality.
Find out more about the Victoria North – one of the largest regeneration programmes in the UK.
