Bury Regeneration & Investment Briefing

Funding, places and delivery. A briefing for the organisations bringing forward homes and regeneration across Bury, Radcliffe, Prestwich, Whitefield and Ramsbottom.

Dates and decisions to watch

Figures in this briefing cover different programmes, geographies and periods. They should not be added into a single borough investment total.

The funding landscape

Up to £46 billion over ten years

Homes England and its subsidiary, the National Housing Bank, have up to £46 billion to deploy across England to 2036. These are the principal streams. [1]

The joint Investment Prospectus, published on 31 March 2026 ahead of the Bank's opening on 1 April, brings grant, land and finance into one framework. The Bank aims to attract more than £50 billion of additional private capital over the decade.

*The prospectus describes the agency's share as £3.1bn, subject to final confirmation. These are programme envelopes, not a ring-fenced allocation to Bury.

Programme milestones

Land, grant and finance can be combined around the needs of a scheme.

Grant, land and finance (products and routes)

Which support fits a scheme depends less on its size than on what is holding it up: a funding gap, a difficult site, or the tenure of the homes to be delivered. [1]

Two grant routes in Greater Manchester. Housing and infrastructure grant is normally expected to come first through GMCA's integrated settlement. Social and Affordable Homes Programme grant remains administered by Homes England. The National Housing Bank makes its own finance decisions while working alongside the agency.

Greater Manchester: how the regional routes fit together

For a Bury, Radcliffe, Prestwich or Ramsbottom scheme, the first conversation depends on the funding gap. Homes England and GMCA have complementary roles; a regional headline figure is not a borough award.

First-wave SAHP estimate for Greater Manchester

• £529m estimated strategic-partnership spend to support c.4,400 homes across Greater Manchester, from MHCLG's regional funding breakdown of 24 August 2026; a regional estimate, not a borough award. [53]
• The 25 August 2026 GOV.UK release names 33 strategic partners outside London and gives no grant or homes total; the published partner table sums to £9,584.1m and 73,617 homes, and no Bury allocation is published. [2]
• The primary published regional figure is the government's indicative SAHP spend for Greater Manchester across the ten-year programme: £1.8bn, set out in the 6 November 2025 MHCLG release on mayoral influence over the programme. [48]

Good Growth Fund: current position. Affordable-housing applications are rolling, with no fixed deadline and subject to available funding. Most other GGF applications start through the relevant local authority. The published July transport, city-densification and innovation calls closed on 4 August; these rounds are now closed. [3]

Practical implication. Keep one scheme funding schedule that identifies each source, eligible cost, outstanding decision and condition. Ask the funders to agree which costs their contributions support and how those contributions fit together.

Regional ambitions to design for

GM's published priorities include 10,000 energy-efficient Social Rent homes by 2030. Places for Everyone, covering nine GM authorities including Bury, seeks 50,000 affordable homes by 2039, including 30,000 for social or affordable rent. These are regional ambitions across delivery routes. [21]

Who decides what (decisions and public contacts)

Funding, planning and delivery sit with different organisations. Identify the decision you need before choosing the first conversation.

1. Homes England / National Housing Bank — Homes England takes final SAHP funding and contractual decisions. The Bank assesses its finance investments. [1,18]
2. Greater Manchester Combined Authority — Shapes regional priorities, tenure mix and priority sites; aligns investment through the Integrated Pipeline. [3,21]
3. Bury Council — Local housing need, planning and council land; accountable body for the Radcliffe neighbourhood programme. Council land is released through the phased Asset Transformation Programme and individual regeneration disposals. [10,17]
4. Radcliffe Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board — Develops the local plan with the community and shapes investment priorities. Council accountability and national programme requirements still apply. [10,29,30]
5. Scheme owner and delivery team — The RP, council, joint venture or developer assembles the scheme, appoints its team and manages delivery. Establish the actual commissioning organisation. [16]

Public routes for the next conversation

A useful first enquiry names the site, landowner, proposed use, delivery lead, funding gap and next decision. Attach a concise programme and explain what the requested intervention changes.

Accessing programme grant: a route for smaller providers

A first-wave strategic allocation is one route into delivery. Continuous Market Engagement also gives eligible organisations a direct route to Homes England.

• Continuous Market Engagement — Open for individual schemes and portfolios, while funding remains available. Designed to accommodate smaller partners, new entrants and complex projects. [19]
• Strategic partnerships — Programme-level allocations support delivery at scale. The initial bidding round closed on 15 April 2026; future rounds will be announced. [18]

Before a grant application

Organisations need Homes England Investment Partner qualification to receive grant. New partners can apply for that status alongside the funding application. Programme qualification and regulatory registration are separate steps. [19]

The bid should show how it meets local housing need and regional priorities. Greater Manchester seeks at least 60% Social Rent through SAHP, alongside supported housing, regeneration and better alternatives to temporary accommodation or costly care settings. [21]

How to prepare the discussion

Bring a site schedule, proposed tenure mix, cost plan, planning position, delivery programme and confirmation of the intended landlord. Explain what is ready now and which dependencies still need resolving.

Places and programmes (borough programmes)

Town-centre renewal, brownfield homes and council joint ventures sit at different stages. Establish the live phase and the organisation commissioning it.

Bury town centre — more than 1,800 homes in the pipeline

The draft Housing Strategy identifies Bury town centre as the primary focus for housing-led regeneration, with over 1,800 homes across Mill Gate, Pyramid Park and the Interchange. [4] The Mill Gate regeneration framework, covering 15 acres, was adopted by Cabinet in March 2024 and is being taken forward with Bruntwood as joint-venture partner; each phase will come forward through its own planning application. [7] No phase-one planning application is recorded on the council's Mill Gate page as at 19 September 2026, which publishes the framework only; a Bury Town Centre Delivery Strategy (Phase 1) report is due at Cabinet on 4 November 2026. Enquiries: regeneration@bury.gov.uk. [44,45]

The £33m Bury Market scheme, built by VINCI, reached external completion in the council's May 2026 update; the Flexi Hall ("Casewells") was expected to reach practical completion in summer 2026 before a two-to-three-month fit-out by operator Midlands Events Bury Ltd, with a public opening expected in autumn 2026. The council's market regeneration page still carried its May 2026 site-works update when checked on 19 September 2026 and gives no opening date, so opening is not verified for this edition. [8,23]

Confirm which phase (market, Mill Gate block, Interchange or Pyramid Park) is being commissioned and by whom.

Radcliffe — more than 800 homes delivered or in the pipeline

The strategy records over 800 homes delivered or in the pipeline in Radcliffe, including around 400 at the former East Lancashire Paper Mill. [4] Morris Homes was selected as development partner by Bury Council and Homes England in 2022; the reserved-matters scheme provides 400 homes, 100 of them affordable. [13]

The £40m Radcliffe Hub (leisure, pools, library, learning and community space, with Market Chambers and the market), built by VINCI, was programmed for completion in June 2026 in the council's May update. That page was unchanged when checked on 19 September 2026, and Bury Leisure still describes the Radcliffe leisure facilities as coming "in the future" with no opening date, so opening is not verified. [14,41]

Hive Homes' Scholar's Park on the former Radcliffe High School site at School Street provides 91 homes — 69 for open-market sale and 22 affordable — with £882,000 of GMCA Brownfield Housing Fund grant and over £246,000 of Section 106 contributions to local facilities; completion is expected in 2026. The council's own scheme page gives 91; the December 2025 launch release said 90. [15,42]

Watson Homes' Green Street scheme, on the site of the former Radcliffe Pool, is a further 132 homes — one- and two-bed apartments, 56 of them allocated to applicants on the council's housing register — plus 13,000 sq ft of commercial space, with the developer relocating its head office to Radcliffe. [42]

Prestwich Village — 248 homes, £55.8m phase

Prestwich Regeneration LLP, the joint venture between Bury Council and Muse, is transforming the Longfield Centre site. The strategy describes 248 new homes as part of a £55.8m transformation; the wider programme is described as £100m+. Phase 1A, the 301-space Travel Hub, was on site from March 2025 and programmed for completion by the end of July 2026. [4,9,24]

Check the Phase 1B and 2 development strategy and consultation position before describing later phases as consented.

Northern Gateway (Atom Valley) — c.200 homes in Bury

The strategy describes around 200 homes alongside employment development in Bury's part of the Northern Gateway, which is a Places for Everyone allocation and part of the Atom Valley Mayoral Development Zone. [4,5]

Strategic allocations — over 6,300 homes across three sites

Elton Reservoir, Walshaw and Simister/Bowlee are Places for Everyone allocations totalling over 6,300 homes; the council consulted on draft development frameworks for the three sites from 13 February to 27 March 2026. [4,5]

Establish current availability, title, disposal and planning position with the council before assuming a site is open to a new partner.

Pride in Place: one board, one local plan

Radcliffe has up to £20m over ten years under the national Pride in Place programme. It is named in the phase 2 methodology note as Bury's only Pride in Place neighbourhood — the borough has no phase 1 place and none in the phase 2 expansion of 20 March 2026 — and Bury is absent from Annex A of both the 2025/26 and the 2026/27 Pride in Place Impact Fund grant determinations, each of which lists 94 authorities. [10,11,25,47,51]

Bring a project that can be delivered

• Need, ownership and consent — Explain who benefits and how the proposal responds to residents. Identify land control, a delivery lead, consents and dependencies.
• Capital and continuing costs — Set out works, development costs and contingency, then identify the asset owner, operating budget and maintenance responsibility.

No project call has been published for Radcliffe as at 18 September 2026; priorities will be set through the plan. Boards must have at least eight members; at least 51% should live or work locally. Accountable bodies submit their monitoring return through MHCLG's digital portal, which opens on 1 October and closes on 29 October 2026. Public contact routes: page 6. [29,30,52]

Local investment and project calls: different pots, different decisions

Radcliffe's Levelling Up works, the neighbourhood plan and the borough's flexible regeneration grant operate at different scales and on different timetables.

£40m — Levelling Up Fund in Bury and Radcliffe [27]

Funding note: the £33m and £40m scheme values include council and other contributions alongside LUF grant; the sources do not publish a full breakdown. These are separate schemes and should not be added to the Pride in Place programme. [8,14,27]

Economic Development & Regeneration Grant 2026/27 — £1.79m

The former UKSPF / Local Growth and Place Flexible Grant is now delivered as Economic Development & Regeneration Grant Funding through the GM Integrated Settlement. Bury's 2026/27 award is £1,791,650 (£1,726,650 for delivery after a £65,000 admin fee), to be spent by 31 March 2027. Cabinet approved the programme on 8 July 2026. [22]

The 2025/26 programme (£1,729,500) funded Bury town-centre public realm, Ramsbottom and Whitefield town plans, and phase one of the Radcliffe Enterprise Centre. [22]

Brownfield Housing Fund — site-level grants

GMCA Brownfield Housing Fund grants are recorded at site level rather than as a borough allocation: £1.95m for York Street, Radcliffe (Kellen Homes, 211 homes), £882,000 for School Street, Radcliffe (Hive Homes, 90 homes) and £1m for the former Seedfield Centre (Hive Homes, 81 homes, Roedeer Gardens). The strategy records £9.6m of site funding secured for brownfield remediation between 2022 and 2025. [4,15,28]

Pride in Place Impact Fund — no Bury allocation

Annex A of both MHCLG Impact Fund grant determinations was checked for this edition. Bury Council does not appear in the 2025/26 determination or in the 2026/27 determination; 94 authorities are listed in each, so the absence is a finding rather than a gap in the research. Council resolved in November 2025 to write to the Secretary of State and local MPs seeking inclusion of areas such as Bury East and Besses in future phases. [25,31,51]

Homes, partners and local need

The draft Homes for Bury strategy sets an average of 452 homes a year (9,486 over the 2022–2043 Local Plan period), against a net annual affordable shortfall of 1,017 homes and over 2,000 households on the register. Housing management returned to the council from Six Town Housing (c.7,716 homes), with £60m committed to Decent Homes over three years. [4]

The council lists 16 Registered Providers operating in the borough, including Great Places, Guinness, Irwell Valley, Jigsaw, Onward, Places for People, Prestwich and North Western, Sanctuary and Your Housing Group. [33] These are examples of local activity, not a complete provider list, procurement shortlist or evidence of a new SAHP award.

For development and asset teams

Agree tenure, accessible homes and support needs before fixing the unit mix. Bring the operator into the appraisal: nominations, management, service charges and whole-life maintenance. Keep new-supply budgets separate from existing-stock investment.

Delivery and the supply chain: from scheme assembly to appointment

The national programme supports delivery through councils, Registered Providers and developers. The local supply chain enters through their projects, procurement routes and contractor packages.

Finding the actual route to work

Bury Council advertises contract opportunities and receives quotations and tenders through The Chest, and points suppliers to Find a Tender for higher-value notices and to YPO for partner frameworks. Its published procedure asks for two years' accounts (with flexibility for newer firms), £5m public and employer's liability cover as a typical minimum, and relevant references. No forward procurement pipeline page was found for this edition; the live notice establishes the requirements and timetable. [16,34] The council publishes a contract register, updated quarterly (February 2026 edition current on 19 September 2026), and its Cabinet forward plan of key decisions is the nearest public pipeline: it lists Bury Town Centre Delivery Strategy (Phase 1) and Town Hall Redevelopment for 4 November 2026, and Northern Gateway Western Access scheme and Disposal of Council Assets for 14 October 2026. General regeneration enquiries go to regeneration@bury.gov.uk. [43,44,45]

Joint-venture and developer appointments (Bruntwood at Mill Gate, Muse at Prestwich, Morris Homes at the Paper Mill, VINCI at the Hub and Market) have their own supply-chain routes. Confirm whether work is being commissioned by the council, a JV, an RP or a main contractor. A funding announcement does not itself create an open invitation to tender.

Bury follows the GMCA Social Value Policy, prioritising local employment, living standards, community-sector capacity and environmental sustainability. Agree measurable delivery commitments with the commissioner rather than treating them as a separate publicity activity. [34]

The business directory is not an approved-supplier list and does not replace procurement or suitability checks.

Skills and delivery capacity: build the workforce into the plan

Construction skills, training capacity and local employment should be considered while the scheme and its contracts are being assembled.

Bury College: the borough's construction training base

Bury College delivers construction study programmes from Level 1 multi-skills through trade routes, and hosted the construction category of the Greater Manchester Skills Competition on 13 March 2026, with 87 students from nine colleges competing in plastering, bricklaying, carpentry and joinery, electrical installation, painting and decorating, and plumbing. [35]

The college's apprenticeship team reports working with over 300 employers a year across intermediate, advanced and higher apprenticeships, with support for line managers through the programme. [36]

The nearest Construction Technical Excellence College is the North-West CTEC led by Wigan & Leigh College, one of ten in England; contractors on larger Bury schemes may use it alongside Bury College. [37]

1. Forecast — Trades, numbers and start dates
2. Agree — Training, supervision and delivery partners
3. Evidence — Starts, qualifications and sustained work

A practical workforce brief for a live scheme

Suggested briefing checklist for clients and contractors. Agree the actual commitments through the scheme's procurement and contract process.

Connect training with community benefit

Bury applies the GMCA Social Value Policy through procurement, and Bury Works administers local employment and skills support. Use these alongside the workforce plan, with named responsibilities and outcomes that can be evidenced. [34]

• Bury College apprenticeships: apprenticeship@burycollege.ac.uk · 0161 280 8650 [36]
• Bury College general enquiries: information@burycollege.ac.uk · 0161 280 8280 [35]
• North-West CTEC: CTECenquiries@wigan-leigh.ac.uk [37]

Sources

Evidence and source notes

Research checked on 18 September 2026. Numbered references link to primary sources; public enquiry routes are on page 6.

1. Homes England / National Housing Bank, Investment Prospectus 2026, 31 March 2026. URL corrected 19 September 2026; the HTML edition resolves. source
2. Homes England / MHCLG, "Homes England and government confirm strategic partners set to help deliver once-in-a-generation increase in social and affordable homes across England", 25 August 2026. URL corrected 19 September 2026; the release resolves and names 33 partners outside London with no grant or homes total. source
3. GMCA, Greater Manchester Good Growth Fund: current funding opportunities and application routes (URL corrected 19 September 2026). source
4. Bury Council, Housing Strategy 2026–2036 executive summary and consultation (13 August–5 November 2026). source
5. Bury Council, Bury Local Plan: Publication consultation 17 July–11 September 2026; Places for Everyone context. source
6. Bury Council, Local Development Scheme, March 2026: submission November 2026, examination April 2027, adoption November 2027. source
7. Bruntwood, Mill Gate regeneration framework adopted, 14 March 2024. source
8. Bury Council, Bury Market regeneration progress and upcoming site works, May 2026. source
9. Bury Council, Prestwich Village regeneration: JV, scheme content and contacts. source
10. Bury Council, Radcliffe Pride in Place programme and neighbourhood board. source
11. Bury Council, "Get involved in spending £20 million for Radcliffe", 10 June 2026. source
12. Bury Council, Pride in Place neighbourhood board meetings and documents (July and August 2026 papers; Terms of Reference). source
13. Place North West, East Lancs Paper Mill: 400 homes, 100 affordable; Morris Homes, 11 January 2024. source
14. Bury Council, Radcliffe Hub progress and upcoming site works, May 2026. source
15. Bury Council, Scholar's Park show homes launched, 16 December 2025. source
16. Bury Council, Apply for a contract: The Chest, Find a Tender, YPO. source
17. Bury Council, Council-owned land and property: Asset Transformation Programme phases 1–4. source
18. Homes England, SAHP 2026–2036: eligibility, routes and funding decisions (URL corrected 19 September 2026). source
19. Homes England, Continuous Market Engagement guidance, 24 February 2026. Rechecked 19 September 2026: this URL resolves (HTTP 200). source
20. Homes England, Strategic Partnership guidance: delivery partners and requirements. Rechecked 19 September 2026: this URL resolves (HTTP 200). source
21. Homes England, Greater Manchester strategic priorities for SAHP. Rechecked 19 September 2026: this URL resolves (HTTP 200). source
22. Bury Council Cabinet, Economic Development & Regeneration Grant Funding, 8 July 2026. source
23. Bury Council Cabinet, Bury Flexi Hall: lease to Midlands Events Bury Ltd, February 2026. source
24. Bury Council, Prestwich Village regeneration kick-starts with construction of Travel Hub. source
25. MHCLG, Pride in Place Impact Fund: grant determinations 2025 to 2026 (Annex A). source
26. Bury Council, Residents' chance to play crucial role in Radcliffe Pride in Place programme, 10 March 2026. source
27. Bury Council, Levelling Up Fund: £20m Bury Market and £20m Radcliffe. source
28. Bury Council, Investing in Radcliffe: York Street (Kellen Homes) and Brownfield Housing Fund. source
29. MHCLG, Pride in Place programme delivery guidance: boards, accountability and key dates. URL corrected 19 September 2026; it sits under the prospectus publication and resolves. source
30. MHCLG, Pride in Place programme prospectus (monitoring return deadline 29 October 2026). source
31. Bury Council, Independent motion on Pride in Place, November 2025. source
32. Onward, Council Leader gives seal of approval to Whitefield affordable homes, 24 July 2025. source
33. Bury Council, Housing associations operating in Bury. source
34. Bury Council, Procedure for contract applications: requirements and GMCA Social Value Policy. source
35. Bury College, GM Skills Construction Competition, 13 March 2026. source
36. Bury College, Employ an apprentice. source
37. Wigan & Leigh College, North-West Construction Technical Excellence College. source
38. Bury Council, Radcliffe Pride in Place plan and timescales (plan submitted November 2026; approval and first delivery payment spring 2027). source
39. Radcliffe Pride in Place Board, minutes and action log, 10 July 2026. source
40. Radcliffe Pride in Place Board, workshop minutes and action log, 12 August 2026. source
41. Bury Leisure, The future Radcliffe Leisure Centre (no opening date given, checked 19 September 2026). source
42. Bury Council, New build homes in Radcliffe (School Street, East Lancs Paper Mill, Green Street, York Street). source
43. Bury Council, Current contracts: contract register, February 2026, updated quarterly. source
44. Bury Council, Forward plan – Notice of Key Decisions published September 2026 (Cabinet, 1 September to 31 December 2026). source
45. Bury Council, Mill Gate regeneration framework page and project team contact. source
46. Bury Council, Have your say on Bury's draft Housing Strategy 2026 to 2036: consultation dates, events and contact. source
47. MHCLG, Pride in Place Programme place lists: phase 1 methodology note (75 places, no Bury place), phase 2 methodology note (Bury: Radcliffe) and phase 2 expansion methodology note of 20 March 2026 (no Bury place). source and source
48. MHCLG, "Mayors to lead the charge for thousands of new social homes", 6 November 2025 (indicative SAHP spend for Greater Manchester of £1.8 billion). source
49. AEW Architects, East Lancs Paper Mill Island Site, Radcliffe: 27 affordable homes for Great Places, built by Terra Nova, with Bury Council and Homes England. source
50. MHCLG, Pride in Place Impact Fund grant determinations 2026 to 2027, Annex A (Bury Council not listed; 94 authorities named). source
51. MHCLG, Pride in Place Programme: monitoring guidance (October 2026 portal opens 1 October and closes 29 October 2026; first return for phase 2 places). source
52. MHCLG, "Historic council housebuilding comeback to help families into secure homes", 24 August 2026 (regional funding breakdown: Greater Manchester £529m estimated spend to support c. 4,400 homes). source

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Research update 19 September 2026

• Radcliffe Pride in Place board papers were located and read: agenda, minutes and decision log for the first board meeting on 10 July 2026 and the evidence workshop on 12 August 2026 (Bury Council asset library). They confirm a £150,000 Capacity Fund, a £135,000 capital allocation, the £20m ten-year Delivery Fund, a unanimous pause on consultancy work, and six draft priorities with no projects selected. [39,40]
• The council's plan and timescales page confirms the plan goes to government in November 2026 with approval and the first substantive delivery payment expected in spring 2027. [38]
• Radcliffe Hub and the Bury Market Flexi Hall opening remain unconfirmed: both council site-works pages still carried their May 2026 updates on 19 September 2026, and Bury Leisure still describes Radcliffe leisure facilities as coming in the future with no date. [8,14,41]
• The Great Places page for 27 affordable homes at the East Lancashire Paper Mill still returns 404 on greatplaces.org.uk; the claim has since been confirmed from the scheme architect's own project page instead. [42,50]
• No Mill Gate phase-one planning application is published on the council's page; a Bury Town Centre Delivery Strategy (Phase 1) report is scheduled for Cabinet on 4 November 2026. [44,45]
• Procurement: the council publishes a quarterly contract register (February 2026 edition current) and the Cabinet forward plan of key decisions to 31 December 2026, which is the nearest public pipeline. Regeneration enquiries: regeneration@bury.gov.uk. [43,44,45]
• Housing Strategy 2026–36: consultation still open; no outcome published. Online events on 28 September 2026; comments to housingstrategy@bury.gov.uk; final strategy returns to Cabinet later in 2026. [46]
• Source URL check: [3] and [18] were corrected; [19], [20] and [21] were rechecked on 19 September 2026 and resolve; [1], [2] and [29] have been replaced with the correct GOV.UK URLs, which resolve; [30] resolves.

Verification 19 Sep 2026

Independent verification pass. Changes made:

• Correction later the same day: the £529m / c.4,400 homes estimate is in MHCLG's 24 August 2026 release (regional funding breakdown) and is restored as a verified figure.
• Radcliffe's Pride in Place cohort and deadline. Checked against all three GOV.UK place lists. Radcliffe is in the phase 2 methodology note (Bury, 1 place); Bury has no phase 1 place and none in the phase 2 expansion of 20 March 2026. The national Pride in Place Plan deadline of 30 November 2026 is now stated explicitly, and the note that 26 February 2027 does not apply to Radcliffe has been added. [47]
• Impact Fund. Annex A of both determinations was read, not only 2025/26. Bury Council is absent from the 2025/26 and the 2026/27 lists, each of which names 94 authorities. The brief previously cited only the 2025/26 determination. [25,51]
• Monitoring return. The "by 29 October 2026" claim is confirmed from MHCLG's monitoring guidance and refined: the portal opens 1 October and closes 29 October 2026, and for Radcliffe as a phase 2 place this is the first return. [52]
• Great Places, East Lancs Paper Mill island site — resolved. Previously marked unverified because the Great Places article 404s. Confirmed from AEW Architects' own project page: 27 affordable homes on the island site between Cunliffe Street, Baybutt Street and Howard Street, one- and two-bed apartments for social rent and three- and four-bed houses for affordable rent, with Great Places as client, Terra Nova as contractor and Bury Council and Homes England as partners. The partner table now carries this as a separate row from Morris Homes' 400-home scheme so the two are not read as one total. [50]
• Source URLs. [1], [2] and [29] were carrying URLs that 404. All three have been replaced with the correct GOV.UK addresses, which return HTTP 200. [19], [20] and [21] were flagged as no longer resolving; all three were rechecked and return HTTP 200, so the flags have been removed.
• Bury Market Flexi Hall and Radcliffe Hub — still open. Both council site-works pages were fetched again on 19 September 2026. Both still carry their May 2026 updates and both still show "June 2026: scheme completion" as the last programmed stage, with no opening confirmation. Bury Leisure's future Radcliffe Leisure Centre page still gives no date. Opening remains unverified. [8,14,41]
• Mill Gate — still open. The council's Mill Gate page still publishes the regeneration framework only, with no phase-one planning application; the Bury Town Centre Delivery Strategy (Phase 1) report remains listed for Cabinet on 4 November 2026. [44,45]
• Radcliffe scheme numbers upgraded to the council's own page. The council's New-build homes in Radcliffe page was read in full. Scholar's Park at School Street is 91 homes on the former Radcliffe High School site (69 open market, 22 affordable, over £246,000 of Section 106), not 90 as the December 2025 launch release said. York Street is 211 houses to be managed by Signa, with 12 acres of public space. The East Lancashire Paper Mill 400-home figure is confirmed on the council page, so the Place North West citation is no longer the only source. A further Radcliffe scheme not previously in the brief has been added: Watson Homes' Green Street, 132 homes on the former Radcliffe Pool site, 56 of them allocated from the council's housing register, plus 13,000 sq ft of commercial space. [42]

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