Bolton at Home is on track to deliver 1,400 new homes in Bolton, Greater Manchester, by the end of the 2025/26 financial year (spring 2026). The programme includes a mix of affordable rent homes and properties offered through Rent to Buy and shared ownership to help local families access and, where appropriate, buy a home over time.
The homes are being built or acquired across several sites in the borough, including the Rivington Chase development in Horwich and new-build schemes such as Lever Gardens Court in Little Lever and Moor Lane in Bolton town centre. Farnworth Green is a separate, nearby town-centre redevelopment led by developer Capital&Centric and forms part of the borough’s wider regeneration programme supported by Greater Manchester brownfield funding.
Bolton Council says the borough has received support from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Brownfield Housing Fund to unlock previously developed (brownfield) land for housing. Bolton projects have received in the region of £29.4m from that fund, helping to remediate difficult sites so they can be used for modern neighbourhoods.
A Bolton at Home update says the organisation is on course to hit its 1,400-home target this year. The housing group — led by Group Chief Executive Officer Noel Sharpe — says sale proceeds from shared ownership and other sales will be reinvested into maintaining its existing homes and funding further development.
Bolton at Home’s Annual Report 2023/24 and recent updates note that reinvestment supports a substantial repairs and investment programme, including work on issues such as damp and mould in older properties, while the final units in the 2021–2026 development plan are being completed during the current delivery phase.
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