Green light for Salford Rise
Consent was granted for the five-acre podium over Frederick Road, while the panel also resolved to approve two student accommodation schemes in the same area.
Salford Rise
The podium would by 50 metres wide and 90 metres long. Credit: via ECF
Developer: English Cities Fund
Design team: Make Architects and Planit IE
Planner: CBRE
Salford Rise is a near five-acre podium to be constructed over Frederick Road to unlock development potential within the £2.5bn Crescent masterplan.
The project will see an 11-metre-wide, 90-metre-long podium constructed. The scheme is aimed at removing a “significant barrier to movement” within the 250-acre masterplan area and turning the area into a 15-minute neighbourhood.
The infrastructure/public realm project will be funded by £13m received from the government’s Levelling Up Fund.
Cheltenham Place
Leach Rhodes Walker designed the scheme. Credit: via planning documents
Developer: X1
Architect: Leach Rhodes Walker
Planner: Zerum
The developer wants to build a 10-to-15-storey student accommodation block on the corner of Frederick Road and Cheltenham Street, close to Salford University. X1 proposes 353 studio apartments on a site currently used as a car wash.
Regarding the project’s approval, Zerum divisional director Nikki Sills said: “We are delighted to have been involved in helping this project secure planning in the heart of Salford. Salford is home to a community of students which continues to expand, and this scheme will provide apartments for many with a whole host of incredible amenities.”
A report by Knight Frank looking into the need for student accommodation in Salford found that X1’s scheme would help to address a shortage of purpose-built accommodation for students, giving them an alternative to houses in multiple occupation.
There are currently four students per available purpose-built bed space in Salford, the report said.
Melissa Green, head of operations at X1, described how there was a demand for student accommodation in the area.
“Our existing development – X1 The Campus – has remained at 100% occupancy since its opening and the team at X1 Sales & Lettings has a growing database of residents waiting to secure an apartment for immediate occupation,” Green said.
“We look forward to providing a response to the increasing demand for high quality yet affordable living for those studying in Salford and launching the development to the rentals market.”
The site falls just outside of the 250-acre Salford Crescent masterplan, being delivered by English Cities Fund in partnership with Salford City Council and Salford University.
The project team includes Savills as client advisor, Turley as heritage consultant, Tace as M&E engineer and DEP Landscape Architectural. Clancy, BB7, Mosodi, RBA Acoustics and Penny Anderson Consulting are also advising X1 on the project.
Other X1 developments include the 191-apartment The Gateway on Trafford Road and Manchester Waters, comprising almost 750 flats across five buildings fronting the Manchester Ship Canal.
The plans were voted through by five votes to three.
Stervon House
Plans for the scheme were first lodged in 2019. Credit: via planning documents
Developer: Team Quest International
Architect: AHR Architects
Planner: Lichfields
The developer proposes demolishing former industrial buildings close to the proposed Salford Rise and creating a part five-, part-six-storey student scheme.
Located at the junction of Broughton Road East, Seaford Road and Frederick Road, Team Quest International’s development would feature 148 cluster flats, providing a total of 412 beds.
Six committee members voted in favour, with two abstentions.
On the neighbouring 5.3-acre former British Vita site, Renaker subsidiary Kellen Homes and landowner Rock & Co are seeking consent to demolish vacant factory buildings and construct 96 one- and two-bedroom apartments and 72 two- and three-bedroom houses.
As with the X1 scheme, the panle resolved to approve subject to completio of legal agreements.
