Plans in for Jewish homes and community hub in Salford

A community facility serving Broughton’s Orthodox Jewish community, alongside 24 houses, and five assisted living flats, is proposed on a long-vacant plot off Bury New Road.

The scheme would be constructed between two schools – Beis Yaakov High School and Brentnall Academy – on an overgrown 1.5-acre site on the corner of Bury New Road and Northumberland Street that was previously occupied by the 16-storey Hanover Court residential building, which was demolished in 2006.

In 2023, Salford City Council approved the sale of the land to London-based charity Delapage to deliver the facility, which is to be run and funded by Aguda Israel Housing Association. AIHA operates many of the properties within the 700-home Broughton Green estate, developed in the early part of the 21st century and located nearby.

The scheme would feature two main elements, a three-storey community hub with assisted living flats for people with disabilities on the upper floors and 24 three-storey houses on the site’s perimeter offering three, four, or five bedrooms.

Subject to grant funding, AIHA intend to offer 50% of the homes up on affordable tenures. The homes would meet what is described as an “acute need” for large dwellings for Salford’s Orthodox Jewish community, the largest in the UK outside of London. The average size of a household is six people but many are much larger.

The community hub would offer a flexible space for community events for up to 70 people. The curved building, which would front Bury New Road and Northumberland Street, would also feature a roof garden.

Askival is advising on planning and Brooks Murray Architects is leading on design.

To learn more about the proposals, search for reference number PA/2026/1017 on Salford City Council’s planning portal.

Tyrer Ecological Consultants, Firmin Transport Planning, AQS Consultants, Nimbus Engineering, Castledine Environmental, Build Energy, Trace Surveys, and PlanSec are also advising.