The council’s planning committee is expected to approve the development
Salford attracts large numbers of students coming to Greater Manchester’s universities (Image: Planning reports)
Hundreds of new student flats could be built next to a waste centre in Salford – with future residents recommended to close windows ‘day and night’ from bad smells.
A building up to eight stories high with 364 apartments is set to be discussed by Salford council’s planning committee on September 4, and has been tipped to get the go ahead.
It could be built on land at Cumberland House on Lissadel Street in Pendleton, close to Broughton Road and the A6.
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At the moment the area is being used by a car servicing and MOT garage, and a taxi office.
The developer, a company known as X1 The Campus Ltd, wants to demolish these buildings for the new scheme, which will include creating communal spaces and landscaping.
Based around the development site is JWS Waste, which could have an impact on future residents according to planning assessments.
The flats would be based next to the waste centre (Image: Planning reports)
A report reads: “The odour impact assessment indicates that there is likely to be an impact on future occupants due to the odours from the waste site and recommends, in mitigation, that windows remain closed for large parts of the day and night with a mechanical ventilation scheme installed to reduce the risk of a loss of amenity.”
It also added there is ‘potential for noise’ from the recycling site from vehicles and waste handling, which could ‘have an adverse impact on the health, quality of life and amenity for future occupiers of the proposed development.’
A total of 12 objections to the new student homes have been submitted, including from two Salford councillors.
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Councillors Wilson Nkurunziza and Michele Barnes, who both sit on the city mayor’s top cabinet team, said in a written statement that there is an ‘oversaturation’ of student digs in the area.
They added: “There is a risk of overconcentration of student accommodations. It will be appreciated if this can be changed to constructing social houses which are much needed in the area.
“Public amenities are already under strain and further development will exacerbate the access to key public services, reduce the quality of life for existing residents.
“I urge the planning panel to reconsider approving this application and evaluate alternative use of this site to serve better the wider community.”