All the significant developments submitted to councils across Greater Manchester recently
A massive makeover in Salford and a contentious home development are among the major planning developments in Greater Manchester this week.
The property surrounding Chapel Street in Salford has been earmarked for a £2.5 billion rehabilitation project to build energy-efficient and affordable homes. The initial phase of this project could soon take the form of a 42-unit residential complex on Farmer Norton Car Park.
Over in Hazel Grove, a contentious green belt development has resurfaced.
Mirrlees Fields is once again considering a 200-home development plan. Stockport Council initially rejected the plans in January 2023 after they sparked local outcry.
An outline application for the idea was granted last year, and this next phase in the planning stage would bring the scheme one step closer to implementation.
Here’s a rundown of each borough’s planning applications this week.
Popular craft ale bar set to move ’round the corner’ as shopping centre demolition plans gather pace
A popular craft beer bar and shop is slated to relocate as plans to demolish a fully occupied shopping center become more imminent.
Keg, Cask & Bottle, which has been located in Prestwich’s Longfield shopping centre since 2019, is to relocate to a nearby building on Bury New Road. According to the proposals submitted this week, the new premises were previously utilized for a financial services business.
Keg, Cask & Bottle promotes itself as a’specialist beer and drinks retailer and bar’.
BT plans nine’street hubs’ in Bury that will provide free Wi-Fi and phone calls.
Nine’street hubs’ will be erected throughout Bury, offering free Wi-Fi and phone calls, as well as two 75-inch advertising screens.
In the last week, BT Group Plc has sought for planning permission to build the hubs in various areas, including Bury town centre, Prestwich, Radcliffe, and Whitefield. BT states in supporting documents that they intend to ‘continue to drive public connections forward with our shift to street hubs’.
They are described as a’sleek, modern solution to the needs of a digitally connected, converged-media society’.
How the new MMU halls could look
Thousands of students could soon be housed in new Manchester Metropolitan University skyscraper halls
Thousands more students might live in Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) halls under new plans, as administrators consider expansion.
MMU has announced plans to dramatically change its Cambridge Street dormitories, which are located close the All Saints Park campus. Uni administrators propose to remove two low-rise halls of residence with 770 bedrooms and replace them with towers and buildings.
The proposed concept would have 2,330 student rooms, an increase of 1,560. According to developer partner Unite Students, the first phase would include 1,126 bedrooms in a 24-story tower, two 11-story buildings, and an eight-story block. It is expected to be finished in September 2029.
Rochdale
Village Hotel on the border of Heywood and Bury (Image: Google Maps)
Village Hotel plans huge extension to meet rising demand
A hotel on the border of Heywood and Bury is contemplating a massive expansion to satisfy increasing demand.
Village Hotel and Leisure Club in Waterfold Business Park intends to construct a 34-bedroom addition. The 128-bedroom hotel also includes conference rooms, a gym, a swimming pool, a pub, and a Starbucks Coffee Shop.
If plans are granted, the location next to the River Roch will see a two-story expansion added to the side of the structure, with 17 bedrooms on each floor.
Salford
The plan for huge regeneration off Chapel Street
A £2.5bn regeneration scheme in Salford moved forward this week with plans for new homes submitted for approval.
A 1.8-acre site at Farmer Norton car park near Chapel Street has been earmarked to build new energy-efficient and affordable houses in the city. Phase one from developer ECF could see 42 three-bedroom houses built on the land, with more expected in future as part of a separate planning application.
If the first part of the proposal is approved, work could begin as soon as summer 2025.
Stockport
A contentious proposal to develop hundreds of homes on Mirrlees Fields in Stockport has gone another step ahead.
Details of the 200-home development on Hazel Grove property have been released in a new’reserved issues’ planning application submitted to Stockport Council. This follows a lengthy legal struggle in which ‘outline permission’ was given for the proposals in January 2024.
Stockport Council first opposed the plans in January 2023, stating that they would result in “the loss of a large area of high quality strategic open and natural green space in an area of open space deficiency.”
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