Wythenshawe Community Housing Group has officially opened the 'New Foxfield' site in Newall Green, Wythenshawe.

The development of 68 new affordable homes has been built by Lovell for Parkway Green Housing Trust.

The site was officially opened by chair of the PGHT Board, Cllr Paul Andrews and WCHG Group chief executive, Nigel Wilson and MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, Paul Goggins.

Part of the development, 'Tony Burns Gardens', has been named after Cllr Tony Burns, former chair of the Parkway Green Board and Lord Mayor of Manchester who sadly passed away in April 2012. To commemorate this tribute, Sheila Burns was guest of honour at the event and unveiled a commemorative stone in memory of her husband Tony.

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The scheme provides a mix of homes that caters for families as well as older tenants who have downsized to help free up family homes. The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) invested £1.7 million in the development as part of its Affordable Homes Programme.

Lovell regional director Nigel Yates said: "As a Manchester-based company, we feel a particular pride in having helped deliver this significant and much-needed development of well-designed, modern affordable homes for Wythenshawe. We continue to work with Parkway Green Housing Trust at another local development, Scout Drive, where we are constructing 14 new bungalows to help further improve the housing provision in the area."

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