The two new neighbourhoods will deliver up 750 homes
Regeneration developer Peel L&P has submitted plans for two new communities in Salford, which will deliver up to 750 homes.
The housebuilder has promised 20% of the homes for each of the new neighbourhoods at Boothstown and Worsley will be affordable.
Up to 350 homes are planned off Leigh Road, to the east of suburban village Boothstown, near Worsley, and 400 sustainable family homes are proposed for Hazelhurst Farm, off Hazelhurst Road in Worsley.
Peel L&P, which released proposals for a £500m, 3,500-home development in Bury this March, submitted the plans to Salford Council after consulting with residents and stakeholders.
As well as the 20% affordable housing, the developer has promised to provide a contribution equivalent to 30% of each site to more affordable housing across Salford.
The homes on each site will be accessible and for a range of customers, from first-time buyers to down-sizers.
If permission is granted, Northstone, Peel L&P’s homebuilding arm, will build the first phases of 65 homes at the East of Boothstown site and 157 homes at Hazelhurst Farm. Peel L&P has applied for detailed planning permission for these homes.
Annabel Baker, Peel L&P’s associate director of development planning, said: “The East of Boothstown site is a special location, able to provide some of the largest and highest-quality housing in Salford and Greater Manchester.
“Hazelhurst Farm is an opportunity to provide much needed family housing for Salford, also sustainably built and with low running costs. The scheme will not only benefit new residents but also the existing neighbours through the creation of accessible open spaces and play facilities which will improve habitats and access to Wardley Woods.”
Much work had been done during the consultations to assess the potential infrastructure impacts of these sites, she added. “We’re confident that the applications address the concerns raised [during the consultations],” she said.
“We look forward to working with the City Council, stakeholders and local residents as the applications move forward.”
Both sites have been earmarked for housing in the Greater Manchester’s Places for Everyone Plan, the conurbation’s much-delayed strategic plan for nine of Greater Manchester’s 10 districts (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan).
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