Trafford outlines sites for development and disposal
Altrincham Town Hall, Friars Court and the old Partington Library are among seven plots listed as suitable for disposal or lease by Trafford Council.
The report, a review of the council’s strategic land review programme, also listed 16 sites suitable for development, either by the council or through a joint venture.
Several of the sites on the list are already the subject of a development project, including the old Sale Magistrates Court site, the former Kellogg’s headquarters and Tamworth Estate.
Trafford is plotting an £18m residential development with 84 homes on the site of the Sale Magistrates Court. That scheme has been awarded £1.26m from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s brownfield fund.
The old Kellogg’s site is set to become a large neighbourhood with 750 homes, a primary school and 200,000 sq ft of offices. That project is being headed by the council and Bruntwood.
Tamworth is set to become 174 homes, thanks to a partnership between the council and Trafford Housing Trust.
Here is the full list of sites designated as suitable for development in the report:
- Partington Town Centre site on land to the rear of Partington Shopping Centre
- Former Sale Magistrates Site
- Stokoe Avenue in Altrincham
- Tamworth in Old Trafford
- The Jubilee Centre off St Marys Road in Bowdon
- Former Trafford High School
- The Riddings in Timperley
- The Claremont Centre off Chapel Road
- Oaklands Car Park
- Britannia Road in Sale
- Denmark Street
- Former Stretford Sorting Office site off Lacy Street in Stretford
- Land between 29 and 31 Brook Road in Urmston
- Car park at Hamon Road in Altrincham
- Former Moss View School in Partington
- Kellogg’s site
The seven sites set for disposal or lease are:
- Friars Court
- Hale Library in Hale
- Altair in Altrincham
- Former Partington Library site off Central Road in Partington
- First floor of former Altrincham library off Stamford New Road
- Altrincham Town Hall
- Review of leases on town centre assets at Stamford Quarter and Stretford Mall
Trafford Council has £5,52m from land sales in 2021/22 – not including the ongoing sales of Sale Cemetery Lodge, Land at Virgil Street in Old Trafford and the former Equity Housing properties.
