An operation is underway to prepare the Woodford Aerodrome site near Stockport for a major Redrow housing development. Homes are expected to launch at the site, where the historic Lancaster bomber was built, this month. Woodford Garden Village will see the creation of up to 950 homes together with shops, a £3.5 million new primary school, a public house and traditional village greens. As part of the development agreement with Stockport Council, Redrow will be funding more than £9.5 million in community benefits through section 106 contributions. These include providing 143 affordable homes on site with an additional contribution of over £4.6 million to the council to provide affordable homes elsewhere. The new primary school will be built following a commitment of £3.5 million and over £1.3 million will be given over to subsidise current operation of two local bus routes to ensure their frequency. A further £19,500 will fund cycle parking facilities at a local train station and £188,000 will go towards improving local road network improvements while cycle links from the site to Poynton village centre will benefit from a £360,000 boost and public right of way improvements around the site will be made at a cost to Redrow of £464,370. The first phase of the development on Chester Road will include 145 homes in a range of sizes, from two to five-bedrooms, with show homes due to open this summer. Jason Newton, sales director for Redrow Homes (NW), said: “Woodford was renowned for building the Lancaster bomber, famous for its daring Dambusters Raid in 1943 to target dams in Germany's industrial heartland and help Britain's war effort. “It is the end of an era for this historic site in many ways, but it is also the beginning of a new chapter in Woodford’s history. Woodford Garden Village will be more than just a new development, it will be a whole new community, complete with a new school and significant improvements to the local area.”
Woodford Aerodrome, near Stockport, is being prepared for a Redrow housing project called Stockport Council. The development will feature up to 950 homes and a £3.5m primary school. As part of an agreement with Woodford Garden Village, Redrow will invest over £9.5m in community benefits, to include 143 affordable homes on the site. Funding will also go towards improving the local the transport infrastructure. Jason Newton, sales director for Redrow Homes (NW), said: “It is the end of an era for this historic site in many ways, but it is also the beginning of a new chapter in Woodford’s history. Stockport Council...will be a whole new community, complete with a new school and significant improvements to the local area.”