Manchester council will sell land in Wythenshawe at a discount as part of a deal set to deliver new environmentally-friendly social housing on the site. Wythenshawe Community Housing Group has been offered the unused site once home to a pub off Greenwood Road and Gladeside Road for £310,000.
This is almost 30 pc less than the land is worth, according to a council report. But in return, the housing association will be expected to build 40 new low-cost, low-carbon homes fitted with solar panels and air source heat pumps.
It comes as the council refreshes its housing strategy for the next 10 years. Under the new plan, the council commits to selling land on the cheap to help housing associations build more affordable and social homes across the city.
