Peel and X1 team up for largest Trafford Waters scheme to date
A consultation has launched on a 208-home development within the 55-acre Dumplington regeneration scheme.
Peel is close to agreeing a sale of a plot to the east of the site to long-time collaborator X1, which is advancing plans for two residential blocks.
The development, located close to the Trafford Centre, will feature properties ranging from one-bedroom apartments to two-bedroom townhouses across a pair of buildings reaching 10 storeys. The homes will be available for sale.
The consultation on X1’s 208-home development will run until 10 March.
Leach Rhodes Walker is the architect and NJL Consulting is advising on planning.
James Whittaker, Peel L&P’s Executive Director for Development said: “We’re pleased to see plans for more homes get underway to offer a wider choice of housing at our Trafford Waters development to meet local demand.
“X1’s proposals will offer homes which, together with the plans for affordable housing and a care home that are already in progress, will begin to create a new community that suits a range of needs and ages.”
Peel and X1 have collaborated on numerous occasions before, including at Manchester Waters on Pomona Island, and MediaCity. Peel recently sold X1 a plot at Liverpool Waters with planning permission for a 31-storey residential tower.
X1’s Trafford Waters project is the largest to come forward within the £1bn regeneration zone to date.
Two other projects are at a more advanced stage. Trafford Housing Trust’s 83-home affordable scheme has been approved by the local council, while Montpellier Estates’ proposals for an 82-bedroom care home are yet to be determined.
Trafford Council approved a 20-year masterplan for the site in 2018 and last year gave the green light to a package of remediation work to ready the site for development.
Once complete, the Trafford Waters could boast 3,000 homes and almost 1m sq ft of commercial space – including 860,000 sq ft of offices.
Also included in the masterplan are a 300-bedroom hotel, a primary school, 20 acres of open space, and a pedestrian footbridge over Trafford Boulevard.
