Work starts on 'Wigan's largest' and 'much-needed' affordable housing development

A housing group has broken ground on its largest housing scheme in Wigan - which will bring 155 more affordable homes to the area. Hallbrook Gardens in Standish is a £30 million investment creating of genuinely affordable housing options for the borough.

Working with Homes England as landowner, Wigan Council’s Housing and Planning teams and Seddon, as developer contractor, Torus has unlocked a key brownfield site which has been vacant for more than 10 years. According to Wigan Council’s housing strategy there is a continuing shortfall in affordable homes in the borough.

Schemes like this are critical at this time for providing homes that people in the borough can truly afford.

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Discussing the start on site, Director of Development & Sales at Torus Developments, Steve Alcock, said: “This is a momentous occasion for Torus and one that not only represents our growth as an affordable housing developer, but as a community investor and an organisation that uses affordable housing as a catalyst for positive, sustainable, large-scale change. Hallbrook Gardens is the largest new build scheme we have broken ground on outside of Liverpool, St Helens or Warrington and this truly is a landmark moment for Torus.”

The developer was also involved in the £10m scheme in Leigh which saw 87 homes brought to Plank Lane. Like this project, that was built on a former industrial site that was vacant for years.

Councillor Susan Gambles, cabinet portfolio holder for housing and welfare, said: “We are delighted to see this large, 100 per cent affordable housing scheme come forward, being delivered on previously developed