Bury launches Pyramid Park resi opportunity

Developers interested in acquiring the 7.4-acre site next to the town’s interchange are also invited to bid for the adjacent Q-Park plot.

Bury Council has launched its hunt for a developer to build out a mixed-tenure residential scheme at Pyramid Park. The site was previously home to the Knowsley Street railway station, until its closure in 1970.

In recent years, it has been used as an “informal urbanised public open space”, according to a prospectus outlining the development opportunity.

Tender documents suggest the site could accommodate two five-storey apartment blocks featuring more than 100 flats and around 10 townhouses.

The council would also like to see a portion of sheltered accommodation units come forward, as well as around 25 homes for people living with dementia.

In all, the council anticipates up to 150 homes being delivered on the site, with 25% being affordable and operated by a registered provider.

First, the site will need remediating. This process is due to start this spring and Bury Council has secured £1.7m of brownfield land funding to pay for the work.

Land around the site has been safeguarded by Transport for Greater Manchester for future tram-train infrastructure that could see Bury connected to Rochdale and Heywood via existing lines.

Bury Interchange, to the north of the Pyramid Park site, is in line for an £80m upgrade that is due to start late 2027. Plans for a footbridge connecting the interchange with Pyramid Park were lodged last year.

The council’s project team for the Pyramid Park project includes CampbellReith, Hive Land and Planning, SLR Consulting, The Environment Partnership, Environment Bank, Miller Goodall, FLOH Consulting, and Prime Transport.

Interested parties are also alerted to a neighbouring development opportunity; the Q-Park site immediately west of Pyramid Park is earmarked for a 50-to-80-unit extra care scheme.