Probation building torn down for Stretford homes
Trafford Council has undertaken the work on Lacy Street with a view to building a residential development on the site.
The demolition is part of a wider 27-acre ‘regeneration roadmap’ for the town centre, which proposes 800 homes around Stretford Mall, St Matthews Church, and Lacy Street.
Other improvements in the wider plan include improved access to the canal-side.
Although demolition of the former probation building has taken place, a planning application has not yet been submitted for the residential stage of the redevelopment.
According to Trafford Council, sustainability and the high street at the heart of the wider masterplan.
Included in the wider proposals are more green meeting areas with public squares and open spaces, a green biodiversity corridor and ‘Central Park’.
Work, including improvements the canal-side, has begun in Stretford. Credit: via Trafford Council planning documents / Feilden Clegg Bradley
Bruntwood is working jointly with the council on the updating and regeneration of Stretford Mall, while working to make the Kingsway, and Barton Road junction, safer and greener.
Cllr Tom Ross, Leader of Trafford Council, said: “This is a very important milestone in the transformation of Stretford town centre.
“New homes will be built on the Lacy Street site as part of the overall masterplan for Stretford and they include affordable homes.
“I am extremely excited by the future of this development and the proposals to build new homes and open up the canal. Trafford Council is totally committed to the regeneration and redevelopment of our town centres and Stretford is no exception.”
To see the wider plans, search for application ref 103844/HYB/21 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
They did state that they would be checking for hibernating hedgehogs on the site prior to the work taking place but there has been NO confirmation that this has taken place. Terrible if true.
By SBT
Stretford has a serious ASB problem, even walking through it at times is dangerous, so having a park or anything where people meet is a recipe for disaster, Trafford Council are going crazy for new housing without thinking about how many more cars are going to be on the roads, no new GP surgeries, TGH will be swamped even more than now, other GP surgeries will stop taking on new people, pollution levels already illegal in Trafford will rise even further, Emergency Services won’t be able to cope anymore, schools will have to close, is there enough shopping facilities? Buses! Trafford Labour are creating chaos without ever thinking about what they are doing.
By Anonymous
It would be nice to see more of the empty units in Stretford Mall being utilised . A decent range of outlets would go some way to how Stretford centre used to be..A difficult poser for Trafford MBC and Brentwood methinks !! Out of town Stores don’t help.
By Paul Owen
It’s good to know that affordable homes are to be built and other improvements made. I doubt however that Stretford Mall will be able to attract a range of suitable businesses with a good percentage of units closed.Bruntwood and Trafford MBC will have to do some serious thinking to attract a decent range of outlets.
By Paul Owen
“Stretford has a serious ASB problem, even walking through it at times is dangerous”
Absolute RUBBISH!!!
By Anonymous
Will be three bed rooms property to buy or for council housing
By Ajay singh