First phase of ECF’s £2.5bn Salford masterplan tipped for consent
Spanning 29 acres of the Salford Crescent regeneration zone, the innovation district could feature up to 1.7m sq ft of workspace and 933 homes.
Salford City Council’s planning committee will meet next week to determine the application. Officers have recommended ECF’s project be approved, describing it as “wholly transformative” and a “regionally and nationally significant innovation district”.
Read the full planning officer report
ECF hopes to deliver the following elements between Broughton Road East and University Road across buildings reaching up to 11 storeys:
- 1.4m sq ft of commercial innovation floorspace
- Up to 933 homes
- 71,000 sq ft of learning facilities
- A 260,000 sq ft multistorey movement hub with 800 parking spaces
- 25,000 sq ft of space earmarked for cafes, shops, drinking establishments and a gym.
- All buildings within the site, dubbed Crescent Innovation North, would be demolished except for Innovation House, which would be refurbished.
The Salford Innovation Forum on Frederick Road will be retained.
ECF submitted an application for the scheme to Salford City Council 12 months ago. To learn more, search for reference number 23/81238/OUTEIA on the city council’s planning portal.
CBRE is advising ECF on planning and Make Architects is leading on design.
A key infrastructure element of the Innovation Zone is Salford Rise – a near five-acre podium to be constructed over Frederick Road to unlock development potential within the 250-acre masterplan.
Multi-storey movement hub 🙂
By Rich X
More bland boxes.
By Anonymous
I’ve never heard of a car park referred to as a multi-storey movement hub, before!
Hopefully, this masterplan allows for a future shared Metrolink/Busway corridor through the redevelopment?
By Prescotian
Very good. I think government should start more projects in Manchester especially in salford
By Anonymous
‘Travel hub’ in Bury, ‘multistorey movement hub’ in Salford….
By Anonymous
Whilst progress is necessary and job opportunity/learning sounding impressive, Salford has a major housing crisis at the moment and 933 houses, probably not council homes, on a site which previously was only spells progress for the blue chip companies and further loss to the identity of Salford. Furthermore, traffic is a major problem between Chapel Street /Broad Street and Higher Broughton. A major cut through to Prestwich, North Manchester and the City Centre, the proposed area falls extremely short on road networks already. I fear complete stand still if major development invites further traffic volume.
Thanks for listening. Concerned resident.
By Neil