Moston in Manchester’s regeneration crosshairs
A host of interventions, including the creation of affordable homes and redeveloping the local centre, are planned as part of a vision to improve the neighbourhood.
Manchester City Council has launched a public consultation on a development framework for Moston Lane, the main road running through the suburb, located north-east of the city centre.
The framework would aim to make visiting Moston a better experience, deliver homes, reduce traffic, and guide investment in the area.
Some of the interventions include:
- Redeveloping the local centre and public square
- Enhancing existing green spaces, including Boggart Hole Clough, Moston Vale
- Improve active travel infrastructure and reduce traffic
- Support local businesses and promote opportunities for retail and commercial units to grow.
Moston also presents an opportunity to deliver housing and improve existing, poor-quality stock through landlord licensing, the draft framework states.
A site off Whittaker Street abutting Tulketh Industrial Estate has been earmarked for housing, while work to deliver homes on the former Manchester College site is underway.
The upgraded local centre, proposed on land off Moston Lane and around Cole Street, Albine Street, and Pym Street, could also feature an element of residential.
A host of sites with investment potential have been identified. Credit: via development framework
Ebsworth Street Car Park and 1.6 acres of cleared land off Winston Road also feature in the first wave of opportunity sites identified by the council.
The city council is already progressing plans for homes in the area as part of Project 500, which looks to deliver affordable housing on brownfield land.
Cllr Gavin White, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development, described Moston Lane as “an important hub for local people” and said any plans to regenerate the area would be community-focussed.
“The focus for us is to ensure that people are at the heart of the investment, creating a pedestrian-led high street that is greener and that promotes sustainable and active travel. We also have the opportunity to deliver a significant number of affordable homes and attract new residents to Moston.
“We shouldn’t deny that the Lane presents some challenges but this development framework presents a vision for Moston that will help the area meet its huge potential.”
A consultation on the city council’s Moston vision is now live.
We would definitely like to see this happen in Chorlton as well
By Anonymous
Harpurhey and Moston,are blighted by slum landlords, the streets are litter strewn. To attract aspirational people to it,there needs to be a massive mindset change by MCC, on combatting a problem, which has ruined that area.
By Elephant
Good to see MCC have finally entered the modern era and moved on from the retail park format of ‘neighbourhood centre’ to plan something centred around people. Not before time.
By Strip mall fail
There are too many hairdressers, takeaway and alcohol outlets. Hardly artisan or cafe society as they have in south Manchester.
By Anonymous
The lane presents “ some “ challenges ?. Manchester City council’s past decisions and actions caused such challenges to be in existence. Destroyed what was a very pleasant area to live in
By Anonymous
They are actually really pleasant areas to live in that have an actual sense of community. I lived in Didsbury, no community and a place where no one speaks to each other . I’ve lived in the North and South for 17 years a piece and much prefer living in Harpurhey.
By LM
Inverted snobbery from LM. These places are not nice places to live. Vandalism to property, filthy streets, slum landlords and broken pavements everywhere. I am North Manchester born and bred and these places have deteriorated since the 70s, from decent areas, to avoidable. Moston Lane has improved since the Afro-Caribbean community moved in. I will accept that.
By Elephant
This is a welcome project but the traders and residents should be considered in every stages
By Teejay Abiola
The Afro Caribbean businesses that are the main stay of Moston Lane and that rejuvenated the area must be be the main consideration
By Anonymous
Moston is blighted by no policing, no consideration by MCC for years. Now MCC need to build houses it’s all about ‘ packing them in’ you already cannot get a dentist in the area, or get in a doctors. Why can’t MCC build further out of city, rather than having people packed into certain areas. People can do what they want, dump crap everywhere, sweeping remnants of their shops into the street. Please do not create further areas for people to gather, play loud music till all hours, because that WILL happen. You are being naive if you think it won’t. People in Moston do not have the money to spend on expensive eateries, and pop up shops. We need more diversity on the lane with a variety of shops that suits all of the community. We do not need a square, we need a more pleasant place to live but even the people that live have given up trying.
By Tenant of Moston
Moston Lane has been neglected for a long time by the council before the Afro community started moving in to the area.There were boarded shops and homes all over the place. The Afro community came and gave the place a face lift by setting up businesses and making the area known for good. I hope that this plan is not a plot to push the Afro community away .Their means of livelihood is strongly tied to moston lane.Let be guided accordingly.
By Anonymous
I have lived and worked in the North of Manchester all of my life and have experienced a massive deterioration of the area.
It’s going to be incredibly difficult to repopulate the area without some form of gentrification, which is worrying. I hope affordable housing means just that and all surrounding communities are taken in to consideration.
North Manchester is a superb location for commutes to the city centre and motorways and it’s about time we receive some positive investment.
By Anonymous
All of the suburbs of Manchester have deteriorated, not just North Manchester, this has been missed by some outside of the city due to the construction in the centre, to live a standard of living that’s half decent you must move to expensive parts of other Greater Manchester districts or to other counties if you don’t have a lot of money
By Dave
I would like to say I have been a moston lane resident for 18 years very happy when I found out there is going to be some new development in moston lane it’s great news for our community to make it more appealing and bringing investment to our neighbourhood very exciting I look forward to seeing it in the future we deserve it many thanks manchester city council
Regards
Christine Thompson
By Christine thompson
Too little too late! Trying to put right the massive mistakes that Manchester council have made, completely ruining Moston, making it a blot on the landscape. What was once a thriving community is now basically a no go area for the last remaining true Mostonians. It became a dumping ground for the residents of London slums to accommodate the Olympic games, who have now turned Moston into another slum area who’s residents have no interest in the area, and actually destroying anything good about the area, what’s needed now to stop the rot is to demolish the shops, not to waste more public money on pointless developments
By Anonymous
Ask the locals what they want, I guarantee it is not this
By Gilly
A simple way to summarise how Manchester Council’s vision is progressing is to take one look at Hough Hall…a listed building now fit for nothing but demolition…
That would not have been allowed to happen if it had been in South Manchester..It just shows that the current residents have no interest in the local history…So sad…another nail in the coffin..
By Anonymous
When are you going to start enhancing Boggart Hole Clough?
It’s getting completely overgrown with Himalayan Balsom..
By Anonymous