Consent nears for £15m Stretford resi
Trafford Council is to approve its own plans for 53 houses on the site of a former Royal Mail sorting office off Lacy Street and is also searching for a contractor to deliver the scheme.
Designed by Pozzoni Architects, the Stretford project would be made up of two-, three-, and four-bed houses as well as two-bed apartments, with 25% of the development designated as affordable.
The Stretford development would cost in the region of £15m to build, according to tender documents for the design and build contract up for grabs.
The site has stood vacant since 2018 when the Royal Mail relocated to Old Trafford, with the council acquiring the site the following year. A former probation centre that also occupied the site has been demolished along with the sorting office.
The Lacy Street site is part of a wider 27-acre masterplan for Stretford that also includes the mall, which the authority is redeveloping in partnership with Bruntwood.
Last month, Bruntwood and the council unveiled plans to demolish much of the mall and deliver apartments. The scheme is to receive funding from the GM Good Growth Fund.
The wider project team for Lacy Street includes advisors Avison Young, with Urban Green on landscape, ecology, and BNG advice.
To learn more, search for reference number 117039/FUL/25 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
