Councillors have been critical of objectors worried about criminality and falling house prices while approving a 100 per cent affordable housing scheme in Stretford. The 60 homes - 50 apartments and 10 three-bed houses - will take shape at the junction of Christie Road and Chester Road, currently home to DW Motors Manchester Ltd’s vehicle repair centre.
But other residents living nearby have voiced concerns over the value of their homes and the type of people who will live there. The homes are to be built by the not-for-profit Southway Housing Trust, based in south Manchester, after Trafford’s planning and development management committee gave the scheme the green light.
Members of the committee deemed objections over parking and traffic and the amount of affordable housing which would have a ‘negative impact’ on property values in the area as largely invalid. Coun Laurence Walsh said he was ‘very excited about this scheme’ alluding to the fact it was 100pc affordable housing.
