135 homes plan for Pyramid Park site close to Bury town centre

Plans have been unveiled for more than 100 homes aimed at ‘younger adults and young professionals’ close to Bury town centre. Bury Council is looking to bring around 135 new homes the brownfield Pyramid Park site between Market Street and Knowsley Street.

The 100 homes would be built alongside around 35 new houses for elderly people where the council has already agreed to develop an adjacent lot called Townfields Close. The council said the 7.4-acre site is ‘ideally situated for access to the town centre and the bus and tram interchange’.

The site was formerly home to a railway station and sidings before being reclaimed as open space in the 1970s. The council is bidding for £1.5m to £2m of brownfield land release funding to work on the site and prepare it for redevelopment. The funding would ‘de-risk the site for potential investors and maximise the land value at the point of disposal’, a cabinet report stated.

Redevelopment of Pyramid Park would help meet ‘high levels of need for housing’ in the town centre, the report said.

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Coun Eamonn O’Brien, leader of the council, said: “This is a prominent location, with excellent access to the facilities and amenities. “Our proposal would provide apartments and houses, with 25 per cent of them affordable, for younger adults. It’s further evidence of our commitment to bring brownfield sites back into use for housing.”

If the bid to unlock brownfield funding is successful, a further report setting out the proposed disposal method and planning strategy will be put to cabinet. The adjacent Townfields Close plot is to be sold to a registered provider for around 35 affordable homes for people over 65.