People who bought affordable houses on a half-built estate could face homelessness after the contractor went bust, it is feared. Back in 2019, Stockport council gave the go ahead for a new 87-home development on land off Melford Road, in Hazel Grove.
Planning chiefs welcomed the scheme, which was to be delivered by Viaduct Housing - a partnership between Stockport council and Stockport Homes- and boast a ‘large chunk’ of much-need affordable housing. But, more than three years on, progress at the site - a former BT depot - has ground to a halt after contractor Mulbury Homes Ltd filed for administration.
Councillor Oliver Johnstone raised the issue at a recent council meeting, noting that there was ‘obviously a serious problem’. He told councillors he understood Viaduct was advising people who had put deposits down to look at ‘alternative residential arrangements’ in the long term.
