ECF plans last New Bailey apartment block
An 18-storey, 100% affordable residential scheme is proposed for a triangular plot between Slate Yard and Trinity Way within the £1bn Salford Central regeneration zone.
ECF, formerly English Cities Fund, has submitted an application for the 153-home project to Salford City Council. The intention is for the scheme to be delivered as 100% affordable, according to a planning statement prepared by DPP.
Designed by Hawkins\Brown, the development would comprise a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments and is the next residential phase of the masterplan to emerge.
The plot in question is located among five other apartment blocks comprising 831 flats; the three that make up Slate Yard, as well as the 23-storey Novella, and the 22-storey scheme currently under construction on plot C2.
ECF’s latest residential proposal would take the number of apartments in this area of the masterplan to 984.
Salford Stanley Street NCP and the recently completed Eden office building are also situated nearby.
Buro Four, Deloitte, Cundall, Re-form, Walker Sime, Project Four Safety, Renaissance, GIA, Aracero, Design Fire Consultants, and Hannan Associates are advising on the scheme.
Alex Vogel, senior development manager at ECF, said: “Delivering 153 high-quality new homes, Plot A1 would be the culmination of the Salford Central New Bailey masterplan. With exceptional views of the River Irwell and the city beyond, this final piece of the puzzle will provide a new connection linking Middlewood Locks to the west with the New Bailey neighbourhood.
“Building on the success of Slate Yard and Novella, the planning application for Plot A1 represents an important delivery milestone.”
To learn more about the project, search for reference number PA/2024/1691 on Salford City Council’s planning portal.
The project is intended to be 100% affordable. Credit: via planning documents
Looks very similar to Globe Point in Leeds. Good to see some affordable housing.
By Bradford
While I personally think the design and quality leaves a bit to be desired, it seems par with everywhere else. It is incredible in Manchester/Salford to see areas like this, First Street, Spinningfields, Granada, all completing.
By Anonymous
Nice how the affordable provision overlooks a dual carriageway and the arse-end of a multi storey car park. And unsurprisingly given the location it has no balconies either.
By Anonymous
The design seems fine but as pointed out already, residents will be stuck between views of a multi-storey car park, a dual carriageway or the back ends of the other buildings. If these 3 bed apartments are targeting younger families then where do these people go for some outdoor space?
By Anonymous
@3:12 People always have something to moan about.
By Anonymous
Anon 3:12, what a strange comment, what are you expecting, affordable riverside penthouses with rooftop gardens?
By Anonymous
Reminds me of “Fusion” on Deansgate / Chester Road.
By MrP
There’s plenty of towns who would kill for a dose of ECF delivery
By Anonymous
The embarrassing statistic in the Times today that 100.000 people in Manchester are economically inactive, makes for depressing reading. Painting a facade of skyscrapers and expensive penthouses, to an extent hides this shocking article. What therefore it is affordable? I doubt any of that group could afford this development.
By Elephant
Look forward to another lane/pavement closure on Trinity Way to get this built lol
By Levelling Up Manager
Anon 5:15 strange comment there yourself.
How about, simply, the affordable provision should ideally be distributed across the various buildings rather than consolidated and shoved into the darkest, most polluted, least attractive and least commercially viable part of the site.
By Anonymous
@Anon 3.12 RSL usually like to take the affordable housing provision in one block. That way they can manage the building themselves.
Why should people who don’t actually pay for their home get the apartments with best views? You get what you pay for.
@Elephant – perhaps if all the economically inactive got themselves a job, then they too could afford a home in a skyscraper if they want one.
By ALL
I assume by affordable they mean shared ownership delivered in partnership with a Housing Association?
By Anonymous
Hi anonymous, the affordable mechanism is still being worked through. Cheers, Dan
By Dan Whelan
Love how Manchester is stuck right into a building boom of high density housing securing the vibrancy of the city for years to come. Another great addition to my favourite city on earth. Fingers crossed for the Trafford project and a brand new stadium
By Julius
Where did the idea come from that people who live in ‘affordable’ accommodate don’t pay for their home?
By Anonymous