Peel’s 282-home Boothstown proposals up for consent
Three years after first putting forward proposals for 53 acres south of Leigh Road, the landowner is hopeful of securing outline permission for its plans next week.
Salford City Council’s planning department has recommended Peel Land’s 282-home scheme on a site known as East of Boothstown for approval.
The plot, located immediately west of RHS Garden Bridgewater, was removed from the Green Belt following the adoption of the Places for Everyone joint spatial plan for Greater Manchester.
The proposals have garnered more than 2,500 objections through the planning process since the most recent application was submitted in 2024.
The current plans were lodged following a revision of an earlier proposal for 350 homes. At the time they proposed 20% on site affordable and the equivalent of a further 30% secured through a financial contribution.
However, this has since been revised to 10% on site and 40% through financial contribution.
In recommending the project for approval, Salford’s planning team said in a report that the development “would deliver significant, long-term, demonstrable benefits”.
The effect of the scheme on the local highway network and the character of the landscape “are not considered to result in unacceptable impacts”, the report adds.
In addition to Hope Architects, the project team includes planner Turley, transport expert TTHC, landscape architect Gillespies, engineer Ironside Farrar, ecologist TEP, strategic comms adviser Lexington, and Brookbanks.
To learn more, search for reference number PA/2024/0749 on Salford City Council’s planning portal.
