J2 eyes permission for Irwell homes

Proposals for 50 townhouses overlooking the river in the Agecroft area of Salford are due to be given planning consent next week.

J2 Corporation wants to redevelop a 2.7-acre former industrial site off Regatta Street that overlooks the River Irwell.

The plot is located next to Keepmoat’s Riverbank View, a 430-home project stretching westwards from Littleton Road to Balfour Street along the Irwell.

A planning statement prepared by WSP states that J2’s scheme is “sustainably located and well-positioned to access the city centres of both Salford and Manchester…[and]the River Irwell provides an accessible active travel link directly to and from the site.”

The scheme, designed in-house by J2, would provide a mix of three-, and four-bedroom homes.

The project team includes Vectos and CW Studio.

To learn more about the scheme, search for reference number 23/81687/FUL on Salford City Council’s planning portal.

In recent years, the amount of development activity in this part of Salford has increased. As well as Keepmoat’s Riverbank View, Salboy is delivering 500 homes on the site of the former Castle Irwell student halls on the west side of Littleton Road.

In addition, Connell Property Partnership and Shea Investments earned outline consent for 467 homes on a 21-acre industrial site between Orchard Street and the Bolton railway line.