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Example of new housing scheme(Image: Sovini)<\/p>\nNew affordable housing projects are planned for several areas across Sefton, including Bootle, Seaforth and SouthportExample of new housing scheme(Image: Sovini)<\/p>\n
One thousand new homes are to be built in one part of Merseyside, and will include wider plans to create job and training opportunities for local residents, according to Sefton<\/a> Council<\/p>\n At a meeting this morning at Bootle<\/a> Town Hall (December 4), the council\u2019s cabinet members approved a report on the future of Sandway Homes and evaluate its performance. Councillors were told no more housing projects<\/a> are planned for Sefton Council\u2019s flagship housing company, as it nears completion of its latest development.<\/p>\n Sandway Homes is the local authority\u2019s<\/a> housebuilding arm and was founded in 2019. Over the course of six years, the company has delivered a total of 31 affordable homes for rent and low cost home ownership in Sefton.<\/p>\n Sandway\u2019s latest project, at Buckley Hill Lane, Netherton<\/a>, is nearing completion and will deliver a further 63 homes. From early 2026, 18 of these homes will form part of Sefton\u2019s council first housing stock since 2006.<\/p>\n On Monday (December 1) Sovini announced a partnership with Sefton Council as part the Sefton Home 2030 scheme which has committed to delivering 1,000 new social and affordable homes in the borough by 2030.<\/p>\n The initiative will make use of council-owned land, including former school and community sites, along with The Sovini Group\u2019s development pipeline.<\/p>\n According to Sovini, the first stage of delivery will see approximately 400 homes built across eight sites in Bootle, Southport<\/a>, Netherton, Seaforth and Formby<\/a>. The group also confirmed work is already underway for plans to develop an additional 600 homes.<\/p>\n Sefton Council\u2019s executive director (Place), Stephen Watson presented the report and a business update from Sandway Homes, he said: \u201cWhile there\u2019s no new sites, or proposed developments at this time by Sandway Homes, the report touches on the wider housing strategy for the council.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Sovini partnership that was approved by cabinet in November, which will deliver more than 1000 new homes across the borough by 2030. This sits alongside direct delivery of council housing, market-led delivery of new build, affordable homes, delivery by registered providers of new affordable homes across the borough as well.<\/p>\n \u201cIn addition to the homes that Sandway has and is delivering across Sefton, the business has contributed millions to the local economy in that time, as well as significant local employment opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n Responding to Mr Watson\u2019s presentation, Cllr Paulette Lappin said: \u201cIt\u2019s the beginning of our journey in relation to making sure we have homes for our residents and it\u2019s good for the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking about the Sovini partnership at the time of the announcement, Councillor Marion Atkinson, Leader of Sefton Council, said: \u201cThis partnership is about more than just building homes, it\u2019s about building futures.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a huge need for affordable housing in Sefton and by addressing that problem it will get people out of temporary accommodation and into safe, healthy homes that will improve their quality of life.<\/p>\n “At the same time, it will reduce the costs to the Council for expensive temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are committed to ensuring that every development delivers real value for our residents, with not just affordable housing but also jobs and training opportunities for local people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New affordable housing projects are planned for several areas across Sefton, including Bootle, Seaforth and SouthportExample of new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[2648,748,393,4884,6333,179,12459,12460,109546,371,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-613107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-bootle","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-housing","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-sefton","15":"tag-sefton-council","16":"tag-sefton-council-leader","17":"tag-southport","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115665148145314601","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}