Huge housing estate and park revamp in Salford set for approval

A new housing estate with 485 homes is due to be approved by Salford City Council next week, in plans which include improvements to Clarendon Park.

Plans by developers Lovell Partnerships and SP+ could create the new site between Churchill Way and Liverpool Street, with council officers recommending the application is approved.

The land is currently occupied by 'poorly maintained roads and footpaths' and was previously the site of a 1960s residential development, which has now been largely demolished, save for a terrace of houses.

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Proposals for the land include the demolition of the remaining buildings on 14 to 19 Holcombe Close, as well as a re-modelled Clarendon Park with new play spaces and a skate park, and new allotments for the area.

The planned estate by Churchill Way will be a mix of two, three and four-bed houses, along with one and two-bed apartments.

A total of 30 percent of the proposed homes will be classed as 'affordable' housing, priced below market rates, with an over 55’s block planned in one of the apartment buildings.

More than 600 spaces will be created for car parking, 212 on plots for the houses and 187 off plot allocated spaces. The apartments will get 118 spaces for the and 115 unallocated spaces across the site.

It is positioned close to Salford Crescent railway station, which itself has plans to expand its number of platforms, and proposals for more regeneration projects such as Salford Rise - a huge 11-metre wide bridge creating better access across the city centre.

The plans are part of a wider regeneration scheme across Pendleton, which aims to create more than 1,000 new homes in the area as well as new paths and cycle routes, a co-operative and a new theatre square.

The planning application, due to be approved at Salford council's planning committee on October 10, includes a condition for the developers to contribute around half a million pounds towards a mix of sport, education, and transport projects.