42 MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS PROJECT REPORT Making a fresh start


A highly sustainable housing development in the centre of Salford has set a new standard for healthy, high quality affordable housing, complete with Passivhaus certification. Roseanne Field takes an in-depth look behind the facade.


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ocated in the heart of Salford, historic Chapel Street is part of a wider area that’s undergoing a significant regeneration. A bn masterplan spanning 50 acres is underway to transform the area and ultimately benefit the citys residents, who are collectively some of the most challenged in the . alford itself is the th most deprived area in the UK, with the highest mortality rate from lung disease. The regeneration is the result of a joint


venture known as English Cities Fund , a partnership between omes ngland, egal  eneral, and use. This regeneration includes Greenhaus, a unit development of affordable homes built to very high sustainability standards. he project aims to bridge a gap in the housing sector for affordable, high specification living, eplains eecutive director of assets, growth and sustainability at ali omes, iam urner.


The development has achieved


assivhaus lassic certification – and is thought to be the largest project of its kind to do so in the north west.  was supported in delivering the project by alford ity ouncil ali omes is the development’s housing association partner, with the homes built by lead contractor ric right onstruction. Finance for the multi-million pound development was secured by ali omes,


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