CLOSE to 600 new homes are set to be built in Partington.

Trafford Housing Trust has teamed up with Galliford Try Partnerships on the £100m scheme to develop the Heath Farm Lane site, less than one mile from Partington town centre.

The new homes will be built by Heath Lane Farm LLP, a joint venture partnership between Galliford Try Partnerships and Trafford Housing Trust Developments.

Brendan Blythe, regional managing director at Galliford Try Partnerships North West, said: “Trafford Housing Trust has a well-established reputation within the Trafford and Greater Manchester area, therefore we are delighted to enter into this joint venture to establish Heath Farm Lane LLP and bring forward this important regeneration scheme.

“In recent years, the Partington area has undergone extensive investment and we look forward to using our expertise in delivering high quality, sustainable housing to rejuvenate the area and create a thriving, high quality community.”

Work has begun on the consultation process. Once this is completed, a planning application will be submitted to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. Construction is meant to start later in 2018.

The plans provide for 576 new homes which will be a mix of one to five-bedroom dwellings, including apartments and family homes.

Five hundred of the homes will be for open market sale. A further 74 houses will be made available as affordable homes and will feature a mix of tenures, including Shared Ownership and rented.

Larry Gold, deputy chief executive from Trafford Housing Trust, said: “We are very familiar with both the challenges and huge opportunities that the Partington district has to offer. This scheme is just one of several transformational programmes in the pipeline for the area, and we look forward to working with Galliford Try Partnerships to drive this first phase of development.”