Brickland awaits consent for resi redevelopment of Stretford’s former B&Q
A 228-home scheme featuring a mix of apartments and townhouses on the long-vacant Great Stone Road site has been tipped for approval by Trafford Council’s planning team.
Liverpool-based developer Brickland has been working with landowner Blythe Ventures to bring the scheme forward since 2023, following the demolition of the plot’s former B&Q store next to Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Stretford.
Blythe Ventures is controlled by Andrew Bell of AJ Bell and his wife Tracey. The company acquired the site from Accrue Capital in 2022 for just shy of £5m after the vendor’s bid to secure planning permission for a 330 flat scheme on the site failed at appeal.
Designed by Tim Groom Architects, Brickland’s development was put to the council in January. It would sit on a cleared site and comprise 90 one-bed apartments, 113 two-bed apartments, 17 three-bed apartments, and eight three-bed townhouses.
The scheme would rise to six storeys – three storeys shorter than the earlier Accrue proposal – and feature a central communal garden for residents.
While providing no on-site affordable housing, the developer has committed to contribute £1.4m towards affordable housing elsewhere in the borough.
Brickland claims that the marginal viability of the project makes it unsuitable to accommodate affordable housing.
An additional £500,000 has been offered towards infrastructure improvements within the Civic Quarter.
Trafford Council’s planning team has praised Brickland’s project as being of “a particularly high design quality, which will deliver a true sense of place, and would represent a substantial enhancement of the current appearance of the site”, in a 54-page report that will be considered by the authority’s planning committee next Thursday.
However, not everyone is a fan. Lancashire County Cricket Club is among the objectors to the proposals, claiming it would have a negative impact on the operation of the cricket ground. In a letter sent to the council, LCCC said it had “serious concerns” about the potentially “prejudicial” impact the development would have on the venue.
The plans can be viewed by searching for application reference number 115175/FUL/24 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
Zerum is advising on planning. The project team also features PGLA Landscape Architects, Clancy Consulting, Cundall, SLR Consulting, Futureserv Consulting Engineers, Orion Fire Engineering, Adapt Heritage, GIA Surveyors, Proximity, and TEP.
Could Trafford be any more lethargic
By TJL
Love the building on the right
By Nice
How many parking spaces can we expect from this 228 development?
I know people will say it’s on the tram network and there are cycle lanes galore so people with cars can live elsewhere, but you only have to look at the nearby No.1 Old Trafford which has numerous vehicles double parked on the surrounding roads.
By Big Des
Lancs CCC probably just want it for more matchday car parking or event management space. They wouldn’t want residents to watch cricket from their apartment balcony or complain about concert noise.
By Albert
Nov 5th 1:54..Nice…
Why?
It looks like a generic council offices building with a library and social services… I see nothing to love..
Peculiar.
By Anonymous
Very decent TGA buildings – again.
By Rye
Why are they declining to provide any on-site affordable? If they can find £1.4 million towards putting the poor people somewhere else, plus another £500k for public realm, this could support on-site provision. It’s not a super-prime location.
Also another example of LCCC objecting to anything that they aren’t directly making money from.
By Anonymous
Anonymous – why is it peculiar?
By Still nice