Greenlight for 53 canalside homes in Stretford

Trafford Council has approved its own £15m Lacy Street residential project.

Located opposite Stretford Mall, the project proposes 53 homes on a site previously occupied by a Royal Mail sorting office and a probation centre.

The development is made up of six two-bedroom apartments, 10 two-bedroom terraces, 25 three-bedroom townhouses and 12 four-bedroom townhouses; 25% of homes would be affordable.

The wider project team for Lacy Street includes advisors Avison Young, with Urban Green on landscape, ecology, and BNG advice.

Cllr Liz Patel, Trafford Council’s executive member for economy and regeneration, said: “This is a crucial site and forms part of the overall Stretford masterplan. Like all areas of the UK, there is a huge shortage of housing here and I am delighted this application has been given the go-ahead.

“We have consulted closely with residents on this development which meets our house building priorities on brownfield sites as well as our commitments to the environment. This scheme is another huge boost to the overall development of Stretford town centre and I would like to say thank you to all our partners involved in bringing it forward.”

To learn more, search for reference number 117039/FUL/25 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.

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.