Social Housing Review

STAGE: Tender
£25m - Mixed Use Development of Homes,
Community Centre, Business Units
Location:
Former Visteon Factory, Blacks Road, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT10
A decision to grant planning permission was issued in January 2016 to Fold
Housing Association in regard to its plan to redevelop the former Visteon factory
site in west Belfast.
A revised planning application was submitted by Fold Housing Association
significantly increasing business use space. Fold Housing had been told that the
scheme did not include enough new space for economic or business use. The
Association wants to build 244 homes, a community centre and business units on
the site.
The overall project will take 3 years to complete at a cost in the region of £25
million. Fold purchased the former Visteon site in June 2013. Since then Fold
has undertaken considerable work to prepare the site for development,
including the demolition of several derelict factory buildings.
Original plans for the major redevelopment included the demolition of the
existing buildings and the construction of a comprehensive mixed-use
development. The plans show housing designed around a series of 'village
greens' - in total 244 social and private/affordable residential units with the
associated public open space/linear park areas. The non-residential element of
the project is to include a community centre and Class B business units (Class
B1b/B1c/B2 uses) with associated car parking and access from Finaghy Road
North.
The Visteon factory closed in controversial circumstances in 2009 with the loss of
more than 200 jobs. The factory site sits in a visually prominent site next to the
M1 motorway, and is mostly demolished now.
Fold Housing Association intend to appoint a contractor for the provision of
works in respect of circa 196 units of social housing and circa 48 affordable
housing units. The proposed works contract will involve decontamination of the
soils including injection remediation to shallow soils and waters and monitoring
of contaminants, multi phase handovers and the construction of 244 social and
affordable housing units in an urban location.
The scheme will contain the following mix of social housing units: 85 x 5p, 3b
houses; 92 x 3p, 2b houses; 9 x 3p, 2b apartments; 1 x 4b wheelchair
bungalow; 3 x 3b wheelchair bungalows; 4 x 2b wheelchair bungalows; 1 x 3b
wheelchair house; 1 x 1b wheelchair apartment. The scheme will contain the
following mix of affordable housing units: 36 x 5p, 3b houses; 12 x 3p, 2b
apartments.
Lisney has advertised part of the site for sale:
• High profile commercial development opportunity
• Prominent location adjacent to the M1 Motorway
• Full planning permission for a commercial development comprising c. 6,075
sq.m of business accommodation (Class B)
The subject property occupies a prominent location adjacent to the M1
Motorway, approximately 4.2 miles south west of Belfast City Centre. The
subject lands form part of the former Visteon Factory site and will have access
via Finaghy Road North on a prominent location adjacent to the M1 Motorway
and wider Motorway network. The subject lands form part of a comprehensive
regeneration scheme which will provide 244 no. social, private/affordable
Construction Information Services (CIS) 70
Northern Ireland Social
Housing Review 2016
Co. Antrim
Tender
ProjectID 760719
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PLANNING DETAILS
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TENDER INFO
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SPECIFICATIONS
Walls
Walls
Walls
Windows
Windows
Windows
Doors
25,000,000
24-Oct-16
21-Oct-19
36 month(s)
Belfast
Z/2013/1434/F
09-Dec-13
Plans Granted
08-Jan-16
8.7 Hctrs
244
30-Nov-15
FOLD VISTEON
2014/S 162-2
Render
Brick Wall
Stone Wall
uPVC Windows
Double Glazed Windows
Aluminium Framed
Windows
Timber Doors