HERE<\/a><\/p>\nThey said it would pump \u00a33.7m a year into the city through council tax if approved and built, and bring many other benefits.<\/p>\n
But the developer\u2019s plans have been met with criticism from some in Salford, including the city\u2019s MP Rebecca Long-Bailey and local councillors in Ordsall.<\/p>\n
Opponents to the scheme have raised concerns about the potential loss of businesses which many living around the retail park depend on for work and shopping, as well as worries about an increase in traffic on the busy Regent Road.<\/p>\n
During the Salford council planning meeting in July when the plans were deferred, Rebecca Long-Bailey described the design as a \u2018complete new town in the sky\u2019 which would \u2018not be out of place in downtown Manhattan.\u2019<\/p>\n
But the bosses at HIM said the concerns have been listened to and addressed, and are hoping for the planning application to be approved in the near future.<\/p>\n
Officers at Salford council had given it a recommendation of approval back in July.<\/p>\n
Mr Squier said: \u201cWe offered the existing retailers to come back in, we redesigned the scheme so there will always be retail on the site, so the first phase will be operating retail before you move to the second phase.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe integrated community space on the site, you\u2019ve got playgrounds and sports pitches, we have made a commitment to 20 per cent affordable housing, which will be 660 homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve done a bit of digging but we think it\u2019s the biggest in 40 or 50 years in Salford or Manchester, it\u2019s an enormous undertaking which we\u2019re up for, and unprecedented for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jay Squier, managing director at Henley Investment Management (Image: Henley Investment Management)<\/p>\n
Hattie Charlier-Poole added: \u201cIt has never been our intention that this scheme is towers with a coffee shop at the bottom, it has always been the case that we were going to re-provide the existing services, and enhance and improve them and add more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe site will continue to function as a local centre, but in a much more sustainable way so that it\u2019s got longevity to serve the community not only now but also into the future as well as house a lot more people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair explained that they believe HIM\u2019s designs for the land, which would include around 600 parking spaces, would not have a major impact on traffic levels in the area.<\/p>\n
This has been supported by \u2018a huge amount of analysis and models\u2019, including a transport assessment included with the planning application.<\/p>\n
This assessment found that the proposals are expected to \u2018result in a net reduction in vehicular traffic on the surrounding road network, owing to the fact that the existing retail park generates a high number of vehicle movements during the weekday PM and Saturday peak travel periods given it is a car-based destination.\u2019<\/p>\n
Housing is in huge demand in Salford, where there are 5,000 people and their families on the city\u2019s housing register.<\/p>\n
But local opposition to HIM\u2019s plans remains strong, with more than 460 objections submitted to Salford council about the scheme.<\/p>\n
Mr Squier said: \u201cThe people who want to buy homes and are on a waiting list don\u2019t necessarily get as much airtime as the people objecting, but there\u2019s positives here which will give you a fantastic scheme that will help build a strong community, that will be a massive improvement on the concrete bland eyesore that is regent retail park, the current unit is a poor use of space and this will improve the area, there\u2019s lots of positives there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s thousands of people on waiting lists, there’s millions that want to buy homes, and the only way people are going to get a chance to live in a social home or own homes is that we build them.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that he believes Regent Retail Park could struggle to survive in the long-term future if the site is not redeveloped.<\/p>\n
Mr Squier said: \u201cIt\u2019s too big, it\u2019s inefficient to heat, you go in there they\u2019re vast [units], Poundland have just gone, they\u2019ve vacated, so effectively the reason it\u2019s operating as it is, is because there\u2019s a plan for the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that future can\u2019t be realised there’s not a future, the status quo is not possible, it\u2019s not viable as a retail destination.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s 3,300 very needed homes and 660 affordable homes that come with it, plus a park and community benefit, you\u2019ve got over 5,000 on the waiting list in Salford, and you\u2019ve got the option of 660 homes there, we\u2019ve got to move forward and deliver housing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe the mix of what we\u2019ve got and the park, affordable housing, the community uses, the retail, would show Salford\u2019s open for business and wants to build housing, but provides benefits to the city at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bosses behind the plans have spoken about how it could benefit the city if approved.Henley Investment Management hopes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,38824,1290,27605,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-502586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-ordsall","13":"tag-salford","14":"tag-salford-council","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115380546794930336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Henley Investment Management hopes to use the land to bring thousands more homes to Salford (Image: Henley Investment Management)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_JS384464767.jpg\")
The plans could transform part of Regent Retail Park (Image: Henley Investment Management)<\/p>\n![\"Hattie](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_JS384464694.jpg\")
Hattie Charlier-Poole, senior development manager at Henley Investment Management (Image: provided)<\/p>\n