Housebuilder Anwyl Homes says it will start work building 122 new home on a Liverpool city region site later this month. Tony McDonough reports
North Wales housebuilder Anwyl Homes is to start work on 122 two, three and four-bedroom homes at a Liverpool city region site this month.
Anwyl acquired the 11.5-acre site, west of Lodge Lane, in Haydock, in December 2024. It had outline permission for up to 130 new homes. A reserved matters application was submitted to St Helens Council in March.
In August the company secured approval to build 122 homes. There will be 85 homes for private sale at Sandon Gates, plus 18 homes for affordable rent and 19 for shared ownership. Affordable rent means no more than 80% of local market rate.
Managing director of Anwyl Homes Lancashire John Grime said: “We’re eager to start work on site in Haydock, where there’s been a lack of new homes built in recent years.
“We anticipate preparatory works will start this month in readiness for construction of the homes beginning in spring.
“Our Sandon Gates development has been designed to address local housing needs, including options for first time buyers, families and downsizers, with 30% of properties classed as affordable homes.”
Heating and hot water will be provided by gas and solar, plus every home will have electric vehicle charging facilities. The development will benefit from its established green boundaries and two new areas of public open space.
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Anwyl is currently also working on another city region development, 127 homes on the site of the former Unilever R&D facility in Bebington in Wirral.
“We’re keen to deliver biodiversity net gain and have committed in the region of half a million pounds towards this,” added John.
“We’ll be encouraging wildlife to thrive by creating hedgehog highways, with gaps in fences for the creatures to travel through, installing bird and bat boxes plus we’ll be retaining existing trees and hedgerows and carrying out additional planting.”
Anwyl is working towards releasing homes at Sandon Gates for sale in late spring/early summer 2026.