Plans to create a sustainable community in Bolton have been revealed

A leading regeneration development organisation have designed over 100 new-build family homes as part of a transformational neighbourhood scheme that was submitted to planning last month.

Shedkm have created 160 new homes in Bolton for Capital & Centrics new ‘Neighbourhood’ Scheme – a 6.2 acre masterplan that spans across four adjacent sites, close to the town’s interchange railway station, and will aim to dismantle pre-conceived ideas of what edge of town neighbourhoods should look like.

Neighbourhood Bolton will include two and three storey terraced homes that will consist of one to two bedrooms. In addition, the homes are also set to be energy efficient in a bid to help the environment and save people money on household bills.

Darren Jones, shedkm Associate Director, said, ‘Neighbourhood is a crucial project in providing much-needed affordable family housing for Bolton. We look forward to bringing our expertise in regenerating places across the north of England to create a new town centre community, with our design-led and distinctive townhouses providing high quality, sustainable homes set around green streets and shared public spaces.’

As well as these properties, other key design recommendations that have been submitted as part of the scheme include:

• Repairing streets with strong building lines and homes that confidently address the street
• Shared gardens for residents and new public spaces for the wider community
• A range of different sized homes to meet varied needs and attract a diverse community, and a new community facility at its heart
• A coherent design language that stiches the separate sites together
• Greet streets that reduce car dominance, enhance biodiversity and accommodate safe areas for play
• Homes with a bold, contemporary feel, with high levels of sustainability

Richard Spackman, Director of Capital & Centric, said, ‘Loads of work has gone into getting the Neighbourhood concept spot on, with bold, contemporary homes, community amenities and workspaces set to totally change the feel of the area around Bolton’s train and bus stations. For us, this is all about taking the design-led approach you see in some of the exemplary city centre developments and bringing it to life in the suburbs. We’ve worked at real pace to bring forward the Neighbourhood plans to meet Bolton’s growing housing need.’

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