The local authorities will meet next week to review plans for Strangeways prior to public consultation
Manchester City Council (MCC) and Salford City Council (SCC) are due to submit their proposals for a 7,000-home regeneration project to their respective local authority committees next week.
The draft Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) for Strangeways and Cambridge outlines plans for wide-scale investment and development across the 130-hectare city fringe location over the coming decades.
The investment programme estimates the development could deliver up to 7,000 new homes across seven ‘neighbourhood’ areas, an additional 1.75 million sq ft of commercial floorspace, a new urban park and 4,500 jobs.
The levels of affordable properties in the SRF proposals are aligned with the council’s Housing Strategy 2022-2032, according to MCC’s executive report.
The draft SRF aims to support Manchester’s target to become a zero-carbon city by 2038 and responds to other environmental factors in the development areas, such as potential flooding linked to climate change.
It will also seek to engage with the Ministry of Justice regarding the long-term future of HM Prison Manchester, which “remains a significant barrier to the regeneration ambitions in this part of the city”, according to the council.
Salford’s cabinet will meet on Tuesday 11 March and Manchester’s executive on Friday 14 March to review the draft prior to public consultation.
Bev Craig, leader of MCC said: “We have an opportunity to create a platform for development and investment, enabled by the successful work carried out by the Operation Vulcan partnership, to support businesses to grow and prosper in these neighbourhoods - creating thousands of new jobs and support the ongoing growth of our city – alongside a major new public park and new homes, including Council, social and genuinely affordable housing.
“We know this area has challenges, including the prison that presents a key barrier to the regeneration of the area, but we also know that there is energy and a community brimming with potential.”
In 2022, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) launched Operation Vulcan to clear the areas of Cheetham Hill and Strangeways of the counterfeit goods trade and associated organised crime.
Real estate firm Avison Young alongside Maccreanor Lavington Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Schulze+Grassov, Civic Engineers, environmental consultant Useful Projects and community engagement specialist PLACED prepared the draft SRF on behalf of MCC and SCC.
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