{"id":548142,"date":"2025-11-04T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/548142\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:30:25","slug":"fate-of-salfords-1bn-skyscraper-boasting-3300-homes-to-be-decided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/548142\/","title":{"rendered":"Fate of Salford’s \u00a31bn skyscraper boasting 3,300 homes to be decided"},"content":{"rendered":"

The plan could create more than 3,000 homes – but it has been criticised by some\"TheThe site is based at Regent Retail Park, near Regent Road (Image: Henley Investment Management)<\/p>\n

A decision will be made this week on plans to build one of the UK\u2019s tallest skyscrapers in Salford<\/a>, part of a \u00a31bn project proposed by Henley Investment Management (HIM).<\/p>\n

The planning application for 3,300 new homes is based on land at Regent Retail Park, located off Regent Road and close to Manchester city centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To see planning applications; traffic and road diversions and layout changes; and more, visit the Public Notices Portal HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Plans for the site could see ten new towers built, the tallest up to 78-stories tall according to concept drawings, as well as dedicated open space and a public park within the scheme.<\/p>\n

It has faced criticism from councillors in Ordsall and Salford\u2019s MP Rebecca Long-Bailey, who argued the shops at the retail park are a vital park of the local community, and stressed the need for more affordable housing in the city.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have signed petitions against the plans.<\/p>\n

Councillors on Salford\u2019s planning committee voted to defer the application in July<\/a> in light of concerns about affordable housing and traffic.<\/p>\n

HIM has submitted new information to try and get the plans over the line when they are put back in front of councillors this week on November 6 during a meeting at Salford Civic Centre.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe plans include space for medical facilities, and a public park (Image: Henley Investment Management)<\/p>\n

It previously said that the existing shops based at the retail park have been invited back to the new development.<\/p>\n

The developer has also made a commitment to reserving 660 homes for \u2018social rent or another form approved by the city council\u2019 through a lease agreement with the town hall.<\/p>\n

New traffic modelling has been submitted, showing a \u2018modest increase\u2019 in traffic during morning rush hour, but it added that overall \u2018the proposal is considered to generate 5,333 trips less than the site\u2019s current use\u2019 over a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n

Healthcare services could be set up within the site, with the NHS<\/a> to be offered \u2018first refusal\u2019 on floorspace to meet any \u2018evidenced needs\u2019 in the area.<\/p>\n

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The planning report added: \u2018The NHS has specified the required floorspace, which the applicant has confirmed can be fully accommodated on-site.\u2019<\/p>\n

Salford council officers noted in the report that the lease agreement would \u2018provide the mechanism to secure the affordable housing offer\u2019, and that 3,300 new homes \u2018would not result in a severe impact on the highway network\u2019.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, bosses from HIM told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that the development could be the biggest affordable housing scheme in Salford for decades if approved.<\/p>\n

Hattie Charlier-Poole, senior development manager at HIM, said: \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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The plan could create more than 3,000 homes – but it has been criticised by someThe site is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548143,"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-548142","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\/115490732792027738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548142","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=548142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}