30 SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT REPORT


The White Lion scheme comprises 18 apartments for social rent – a mix of one and two beds


THE LAYOUT WAS ALSO DESIGNED WITH SECURE ACCESS AND “CLEAR LINES OF MANAGEMENT” WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAINTAINING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT


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nown as the White ion scheme, due to its location ehind the White ion pu in Swinton, the deelopment comprises  new social rent apartments, which are a mi of one- and two-edrooms. istorically the site had a ariety of uses, and at the time of eginning the proect it was home to a car par and grassed area. t was a win-win for orousing, helping local people access high-uality homes and genuinely affordale rents while maing effectie use of a rownfi eld site within an estalished community, ather eplains. he proect is only fi e minutes from local shops, Swinton town centre and pulic transport lins, proiding access to necessary amenities and eeping residents connected to the community.


A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ollaoration is ey on most proects, and this was certainly no eception. orousing wored with construction and deelopment company Whitfi eld  rown  who also too care of the planning application  on the deliery of the proect.


he land-inclusie nature of the proect meant that assemling the right team was crucial. Whitfi eld  rown appointed  rchitects as designers for the proect, while orousing engaged 


roects now rees  Sommer as employers agent.


he deelopment was also supported y funding from omes ngland and the reater anchester omined uthority  rownfi eld und, which was launched in  from the s m rownfi eld ousing und. ts designed to unloc housing deelopment on rownfi eld sites where it otherwise wouldnt e possile, or wouldnt happen at the desired pace. n total the scheme cost .m, of which .m was funded y omes ngland and , y the  rownfi eld und. he remaining cost was funded y orousing inestment and group loan facilities. ather says the grant funding element was crucial t played an important role in maing the scheme iale and ensuring the homes could e deliered for social rent, he eplains. unding programmes such as these help housing proiders ring forward affordale housing deelopments that might otherwise e challenging to delier ecause of construction costs and maret conditions.


STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE he sie and numer of apartments in the deelopment was carefully considered. n total there are  apartments, comprising  one-edroom apartments at  m2


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