Since our last housing strategy, Bury has made strong progress across a wide range of housing and community priorities. The borough has delivered new homes, increased affordable housing supply, brought empty homes back into use, strengthened work to prevent and respond to homelessness, improved specialist and supported housing options, supported community-led projects, and invested in the facilities and neighbourhood infrastructure that help communities thrive. Major regeneration schemes are also helping to reshape our town centres and neighbourhoods, creating stronger foundations for inclusive growth and better places to live.
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New Homes and Regeneration |
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1,339 homes built 2020-2025 |
New homes delivered across the borough, laying the foundations for further growth. |
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384 affordable homes |
Delivered across a range of tenures and sites across the borough. |
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£9.6 million site funding secured |
External capital and revenue funding secured 2022-2025 to remediate brownfield sites and get them development ready. |
| 6,440 homes ambition on strategic sites |
Allocated through Places for Everyone, 25% will be affordable, all built to net zero carbon and Nationally Described Space Standards. |
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1,616 new homes pipeline by 2030/31 |
Active delivery programme on former council-owned brownfield sites, including circa 576 affordable, of which 180 are planned for social rent. |
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£33 million Bury Market scheme |
Major regeneration including new Casewells Hall commenced on site in early 2025, due to complete 2026. |
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Unlocked 8 brownfield sites |
Since 2022, the council has unlocked 8 brownfield sites by attracting external funding – increasing supply of about 1,300 new homes across all tenures. |
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£1m in Revenue Funding and £9m in capital invested |
£1m in revenue funding to prepare sites for development and over £9m capital to unlock key brownfield sites in Radcliffe and Bury Town Centre. |
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Affordable Housing and Empty Homes |
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£770,000 Section 106 affordable housing contributions received |
Contributions received 2021-2026, to be reinvested into affordable housing. |
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£414,000 Greater Manchester Combined Authority funding secured |
Funding for two new officers to bring 16 empty homes back into use per year. |
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£3 million Right to Buy receipts committed |
Approved to acquire new homes, reducing reliance on temporary accommodation. |
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£1 million Section 106 funding to acquire empty homes |
Commuted sums used to purchase and refurbish long-term empty homes, converting them into affordable and temporary accommodation. |
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Buy Back Policy approved |
Cabinet-approved Buy Back and Acquisitions Policy 2024-2028, a formal framework to purchase former Right to Buy homes, empty properties, and new-build at social or affordable rents. |
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Homelessness |
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145 supported units over five years |
Offering homes for rough sleepers, families, and prison leavers. 41 long-term units have also been secured. |
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34 A Bed Every Night units commissioned |
A Bed Every Night provision for rough sleepers and those at risk, including people with ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’. |
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27 Huntley House and Silver Street units |
Supported temporary accommodation saving the council approximately £2 million over five years compared with hotel and bed and breakfast (B&B) use. |
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60+ long-term homes secured |
Through the Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme and Homeless Accommodation and Lettings Programme, these homes have supported move-on from homelessness. |
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Council Housing |
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Housing management returned to the council |
Brought back in-house from Six Town Housing Arm's-Length Management Organisation, giving the council direct control over circa 7,716 homes. |
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88% of council stock has now been surveyed |
Stock condition survey underway since 2022, which will cover all council stock. We have introduced a 20% rolling programme each year to ensure our knowledge is up to date. |
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Tenant Incentive Scheme |
New scheme introduced, 14 households supported to downsize, freeing up much needed larger family homes. |
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Private Rented Sector |
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2,848 complaints processed |
Actively tackling poor housing conditions with strengthened enforcement, licensing and workforce capacity, including training apprentices. |
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Specialist Housing |
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£20.3 million invested 2020-2025 |
Delivered 35 specialist housing schemes and 130 supported housing units, supporting people locally rather than in out-of-area placements. |
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Ambition to deliver five Extra Care schemes |
Scaling up provision for an ageing population. |
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£7 million-plus Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) |
Enabling people to remain safely in their homes. A 647-case backlog was cleared, significantly improving service responsiveness. |
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Young People |
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40 units for young people commissioned |
Up from 25, supporting independence and reducing youth homelessness. A new 10-unit scheme for 16/17-year-olds is planned. |
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Approximately 50 new homes for care leavers |
Embedded in mainstream delivery, with priority housing access and flexible allocations introduced. |
Energy Efficiency |
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2,438 homes improved 2021-2026 |
Upgrading housing quality and energy performance across the borough, accelerating the transition to low-carbon homes. |
Community Facilities |
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The £40 million Radcliffe Hub |
Funded through the Levelling Up Fund, Bury Council, and Sport England, this facility is under construction in Radcliffe Town Centre, set to open in 2026 as a new community heart offering leisure, library, health and wellbeing services, alongside transformed Market Chambers and public realm. |
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A new village centre in Prestwich |
£42m of Good Growth and Patient equity investment to create a vibrant new village centre with 248 new homes, an expanded retail and leisure offer, a much larger library, and new community space. |