Trafford approves Stretford GRUB, Sale apartments
Ropley Properties has secured consent for 69 flats within a six-storey block on the B&M site on Broad Road, while street food and events business GRUB has been given permission to open a venue on the ground floor of Streford Mall’s multi-storey car park.
Broad Street apartments
The site is located a stone’s throw from Sale Metrolink stop. Credit: Google Earth
Ropley Properties signalled its intent for the B&M site in Sale last year by applying to knock down the 16,700 sq ft store.
Plans for the redevelopment of the site into a six-storey, 69-flat block followed shortly afterwards. The scheme, which features 40 one- and 29 two-bedroom flats, was approved in line with officer recommendation yesterday.
DPP is advising on planning and Watson Batty Architects is leading on design.
Materially speaking, the development would be primarily brick-built. A roof terrace is proposed as well as private gardens for the ground floor apartments. Some 22 parking spaces are also planned.
The scheme would be located close to Sale Metrolink stop and opposite the town’s leisure centre.
B&M has occupied the site since 2012. Prior to that the store was home to QS Fashion. In 2010, proposals to convert the store into a church were lodged but never materialised.
To learn more about the proposals, search for reference number 117693/OUT/25 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
GRUB, Stretford
The commercial space GRUB will move into was created as part of the Mall’s first phase of regeneration. Credit: Ernst ter Horst
After closing its Manchester home when plans for a 43-storey tower on the site emerged, GRUB has now been given the go-ahead to reopen in Stretford.
GRUB, based at Red Bank in Manchester for several years, will operate a 300-capacity venue featuring food vendors and live entertainment on the ground floor of the MSCP at Stretford Mall. It is hoped the venue will be open in time to host viewings of World Cup matches.
It is hoped GRUB’s arrival could drive footfall and generate commercial interest in the remaining units on King Street, the first part of Bruntwood and Trafford Council’s plans to regenerate the shopping complex to complete.
King Street offers more than 86,000 sq ft of retail and leisure space. The ground floor of the MSCP offers a further 20,000 sq ft, around 6,000 sq ft of which would be home to GRUB.
To learn more, search for reference number 119112/FUL/26
Great news to see grub returning but the Sale apartments just seems unambitious. That site is on the canal and could double in the number of stories and still get high occupancy.
By Annie inmouse
If GRUB is as popular as the old Food hall, they will be here to stay. I see that the planning permission is for 19 months which they say is sufficient time to make this a permanent offering should they wish to stay. I would suspect that come the end of the 19 months, the first phase of apartments should be well under way.
By Sbt
As a Sale resident not happy about the proposed site for more apartments in Sale centre. B & M WILL BE STRONGLEY MISSED.
Even more traffic in that area will cause bedlam
By Anonymous
As long as it doesn’t attract rodents or visitors coming to Streford to explore this new Grub, respect the area, no loud music, drinking and please please please sort out the car parking issue must be addressed. The locals are tired of strangers parking on our roads and streets.
By Pink
@Pink Local shops for local people? Stretford – you’ll never leave.
By Tubbs
@Pink. Theres the huge new carpark and also the multistorey available for parking. I’d say at least 500 spaces so not sure where the issues with parking will arise for visitors to GRUB.
If you mean general issues, that’s down to visiting customers to places like the dentists etc who seemingly refuse to park at the shops and would rather park outside people’s houses causing issues …the irony being that the Mall car park is actually closer to walk from.
By Sbt
@Annie inmouse
The Sale site isn’t on the canal. There’s a photo right there – with no canal.
By Sal E