Hundreds of homes are set to be rebuilt in a £60m plan which has been unveiled today.
Details shared by Riverside housing with the ECHO showed a big transformation is on the cards for Palace Fields in Runcorn. Riverside said the draft proposals were drawn up following more than 800 hours of consultation with the public and other stakeholders.
Central to the project is the proposed demolition of 343 homes including bulldozing The Knoll flats, and the construction of around 400 mixed-tenure dwellings comprising a mix of apartments and two, three and four-bed houses and bungalows, as well as veterans apartments and a new extra care scheme. Designers have also sought to accentuate the area’s existing greenery with new walking and cycling routes, shutting the subway by the shops and levelling the land to provide a safe busway crossing, creating a community garden at The Tricorn, and a “green avenue” running through The Uplands providing somewhere to socialise and for children to play.
