Muse wins one-horse race for Eccles regeneration
The developer will add the Salford town to its growing list of large-scale transformation projects, which also includes Wythenshawe, St Helens, and Prestwich.
Muse has been selected to lead on the regeneration of Eccles, a project facilitated through the city council’s £4.3m acquisition of the town’s shopping centre in 2022, subject to cabinet approval.
Salford City Council picked Muse as its Eccles partner via the Strategic Regeneration Partnership the authority established last year.
Muse and Peel were the first developers appointed to the partnership, an initiative between the city council, Homes England, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority aimed at delivering long-term regeneration projects in Salford at pace.
First announced in 2023, the Strategic Regeneration Partnership is intended as a new, streamlined option for unlocking development and ensuring the private and public sectors are aligned at an early stage.
In the case of Eccles, only Muse submitted a “full and comprehensive response” to the council’ request for ideas on how the project might look.
As well as homes, the project could feature improvements to Church Street, seen as a key historical asset, connectivity upgrades to enhance walking and cycling provision, and improvements to green spaces and links to the Bridgewater Canal.
Work to demolish a large part of the 200,000 sq ft retail asset is ongoing and plans for the residential-led redevelopment of the town centre will be drawn up in due course.
Muse and Salford City Council were contacted for comment.
Eccles to be the next Stockport? So much potential
By Anonymous
@ Anonymous 12:23 – Totally agree and its closer to the city center. Great PT transport links, close to the motorway. Monton, Worsley, Trafford Centre on the door step. Its got all the fundamentals
By Bob
Muse…….shock!
By David S
Will there be any shops coming to eccles
By Anonymous
Since Salford took over Eccles the life and history of our once proud town has been destroyed . Stripping us of our famous Market town status and a meeting point for many locals. Our Pubs, now replaced with a curry mile A57. And a Museum that has more historic value than you’re multi million pounds Quays. Also removing paving to be replaced with tarmac?. Get a grip Salford cc . Building on any vacant space, more people more car’s no infrastructure. Sad to be part of a City that loves council tax more than its population 😢. 👎
By Percy.
Sadly, with the Trafford Centre, Manchester and the Lowry all on the doorstep with fantastic public transport links, I think it might be too late for Eccles now. Unless maybe they go more like Monton and focus on restaurants and bars maybe.
By Anonymous
Magic. See you in four years when anything starts.
By Anthony
Let me guess… A faux market hall and a couple of mid size apartments, of and throw in a travel hub, for good measure..
By Anonymous
Eccles, like other Salford boroughs, is built on community. There is a need for community at its heart. It needs the little shops coming back… The butchers the green grocers the cafe…. These should be allowed and not have Morrisons monopolise over the shopping centre. Care and consideration should be taken on what shops are located in the shopping area or we will end up like Walkden.
Even if some of the little shops were subsidised by Morrisons or run by them they are needed.
By Sara
Salford city council have sold the people of Eccles out
By Anonymous
It’s ok and good for Eccles but that have just built a 22 story block of flats 267 apartments but nobody has thought about parking we have 2 council carparks St Mary’s Rd and John Williams St with a total of 160 parking spaces approximately so 267 people in the new flats but no parking please look into this……Thanks
By Ashley Dixon
For too many years, Eccles has been treated as a slip road between two motorways Liverpool Road is like a racetrack. The Double yellow lines down both sides of Liverpool Road has lead to limited access to shops and so many have had to close. The brick canyons of the precinct were not any more welcoming. Limited or expensive car parking has detered many shoppers making the retail experience a shuttered deterrent. Making Liverpool road accessible by removing the double yellow lines from one side and adding traffic calming features would go a long way towards retail rejuvenation. Urmston has a thriving town center by concentrating on people not cars.
By Vivien Chappell
Have to agree that Eccles is a sleeper waiting to happen. With a train station and 8 mins into the city, tram stop and motorway connections it’s just begging for a thoughtful and long term plan and some investment. I hope this is it.
By Anonymous
Eccles might be changed to India restaurants like Rusholme style or need more business those areas. I just don’t know if I wrong idea…. Or maybe I’m right.
By G J Kitchener
Agree with other comments, sadly I think it’s too late for Eccles. Can’t compete with the Trafford centre or its neighbour Monton
By DH
Why don’t you ask the local community what they want in our town you’ll find a lot will say take eccles back to how it use to be striving and a happy little place it was once use to be in the 90s and early 2000
By Anonymous
Eccles has long had all the right ingredients… just needed someone to stir them all together and then serve it up… it’s taken too long, but hopefully now it’s moving. Could be a great place
By Anonymous
Any chance you can sort out salford precinct it’s depressing if it was not for the boys and girls in Iceland their be no point going out shopping the center is run down when it rains the place has more buckets than shoppers
By Anonymous
What about Swinton also part of Salford
Lancastrian Hall says it all.
By Anonymous
People wittering about Eccles can’t compete with The Trafford Centre or even Monton!…Doh! That is the whole point of this..of course it can’t compete with the Trafford Centre, its not trying to..it has to be something else which given its location it can be as has been pointed out.
By Anonymous
I used to love Eccles but now it just a shame so so sad
By Pete g
We lost Eccles the minute Salford council taken over our Eccles town centre was beautiful lovely place to shop shoe shops clothes butchers market cafes we lost everything community is needed more so for elderly. We don’t need a party town we need proper shops not morrisons it’s over priced the clothes are rubbish please bring Eccles back . Just a thought with all these flats have you thought about doctors dentist? Schools
By Lorraine naylor
I see the potential provided the plan puts people first. I love Eccles people it is full of neighbourhood care – I always find interesting people wanting to chat – the new centre is going to be great I can feel it in my bones having studied the green plans – I want to see young people, local families and we old folk getting a new centre built for community living.
By Felsey
And about time to Eccles needs it
By Anonymous