Greater Manchester is driving forward with its plan to drive the
next decade of growth by launching a new Development Forum and an
interactive map of development sites.
Earlier this year, the city-region's leaders unveiled a ten-year
plan to turbocharge growth by delivering tens of thousands of new
homes, creating thousands of good jobs through major new
employment sites, and unlocking massive private sector
investment.
Greater Manchester is creating a single Integrated Pipeline for
growth, which will target investment at six Growth Locations
across the city-region – our areas with the biggest potential to
boost growth and deliver benefits across all 10 boroughs.
As part of this plan, Greater Manchester is launching a new
Development Forum to better engage with key partners across the
construction, property, and investment sectors.
The Forum will bring together developers, investors, and others
across these sectors, helping to provide clarity on long-term
plans for growth, and enabling them to find the right solutions
that will help deliver new development at pace and scale across
the city-region.
Further details about the Development Forum and its programme of
work are set to be unveiled at the Housing 2025 conference in
Manchester next month.
Also launched today, a new tool on the MappingGM platform will –
for the first time – give developers, investors, and residents a
new interactive way to explore what the integrated pipeline means
in practice.
By clearly showing land supply, transport infrastructure, and
energy networks, it will help to set out the potential for
well-connected development across Greater Manchester's six Growth
Locations.
The first version of the map is now available, and will be
developed further over the next 18 months.
Last week Greater Manchester leaders attended UKREiiF, the
country's biggest investment and regeneration conference, where
they set out the city-region's case as the UK's outstanding
investment opportunity.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy said:
“Right now, the message coming from across the North is loud and
clear: back us to deliver economic growth and unleash the
potential of our places. Our future will be built from the bottom
up, not the top down.
“In Greater Manchester we're using our devolved powers to unlock
transformative regeneration projects across our city-region.
We've had a decade of growth above the UK average, and with the
right support we can go even further.
“With a clear offer on the table for Government and investors,
focused on our Growth Locations, we're creating a blueprint for
building thousands of new homes, creating high-quality jobs, and
delivering a decade of prosperity.”
Cllr Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council and
Greater Manchester Lead for Economy, Business and Inclusive
Growth, said:
“Greater Manchester's growth has outpaced the rest of the country
over the past decade. But the next 10 years could yet be the most
exciting in our history, if we can work with Government to unlock
major new investment and remove the blockers to future growth.
“Our success has been built on collaboration, innovation, and
strong partnerships that get everyone pulling in the same
direction. Now, we're putting in place all of the pieces that
will help deliver transformative economic growth for the next
generation.”
Greater Manchester's integrated pipeline will bring together
transport, housing, innovation, and the net-zero economy to
deliver well-connected developments and pave the way for new
investment to unlock jobs and growth.
We will also create a single investment pot to target funding at
these Growth Locations, using the greater flexibility over
finances agreed as part of the Trailblazer devolution deal with
government – delivering just enough pump-priming to unleash
private sector capital.
