Salford Core Strategy

Eccles Political Executive Briefing

14 November 2008

What is the Core Strategy?

• Strategic and very broad ranging city wide planning document

• Makes the difficult decisions - decides the scale, location and type of new development needed

• Identifies key infrastructure needed to support new development

• Won’t allocate sites for development, except for strategic sites

• Core Strategy will form part of the council’s Local Development Framework, and along with other documents will replace the Unitary Development Plan

• Spatial vision– What do we want Salford to be like in 2027?– Based on the Community Plan vision– Not a blank canvas

• Strategic objectives– These are the headline targets– e.g. to secure 90% of dwellings on previously developed land

• Planning policies – To deliver the vision– to be used in determining planning applications

What will be in the core strategy?

What are we consulting on?

• Issues and Options Report proposes 4 different strategic options

• Must consider all realistic and

reasonable options

• The decisions made on the location of new housing impacts significantly on the rest of the strategy

• Consultation: 17th October until 12th December 2008

The 4 options

• Option 1 = Where we are heading, focus high density development in the regional centre

• Option 2 = Moderate change in approach, slightly less development in Regional Centre

• Option 3 = Maximising opportunities across the city, less development to the Regional Centre, more in Salford West

• Option 4 = Major greenfield release, significantly higher level of development in Salford West

Key issues for Eccles: Housing

• Between 1,200 (option 1) and 2,350 (option 4) dwellings planned

• Proposed redevelopment of employment areas at Great Universal Stores, Legh Street, and Peel Green - part only (all options)

• Higher level of housing in Eccles will result in potential redevelopment of Nasmyth, Carlton Works, Cawdor Street and Chadwick Road (options 2, 3 and 4) and Vine Street (options 1, 3, and 4)

• Directing more housing to Salford West will deliver more family homes and will place greater affordable housing requirements on developers

Key issues for Eccles: Area of Major Change

• All options identify Liverpool Road Corridor in as an Area of Major Change

• Reflects Liverpool Road Corridor Strategy & Salford West Framework

• Areas of major change will: - be subject to masterplanning and planning applications and must form part a of co-ordinated approach to regeneration - need to be supported by relevant infrastructure

• Core Strategy will support coordinated enhancement of the corridor with residential-led mixed use development around Bridgewater Canal and improvement of local shops, facilities and the environment

• Core Strategy supports and encourages redevelopment of existing mall in Eccles, reflecting Salford West Regeneration Framework

• Continue focus on comparison goods, particularly bulky goods retailing at West One (out-of-centre location in context of national planning guidance)

• Encourage enhancement of Eccles as an office location

• Carry forward local centres in UDP: Monton, Patricroft, Peel Green

• Proposed new local centre on Liverpool Road, east of Bridgewater Canal, as part of comprehensive redevelopment of Legh Street, Cawdor Street and Vine Street employment areas (options 3 and 4 only)

Key issues for Eccles: District and Local Centres

Key issues for Eccles: Infrastructure

• Extension of the Eccles Metrolink line along Liverpool Road in options 3 and 4, through the Barton Strategic Regional Site and across the ship canal, to link with the proposed Trafford Centre line

• Options 1 and 2 propose rapid bus transit along the same route

• Options 3 and 4 propose an above ground level bypass off Junction 12 on the western side of the M60

• Investigate use of former looplines for rapid bus transit in options 1-3, this would be a requirement in option 4.

• All options support improvements to interchange facilities between Eccles Station, Eccles Metrolink stop and the bus station

Key issues for Eccles: adjacent proposals at Barton• Multi-modal freight interchange on 50 hectares of land at the existing Strategic

Regional Site (all options)

• Additional 40 hectares of employment development on the adjacent Green Belt west of City Airport for logistics (options 3&4)

• Release 13 hectares of land for housing development in the Green Belt east of Irlam

• Infrastructure proposals associated with Barton: - Road crossing over the Manchester Ship Canal at Barton (all options) - New M62 – A57 link road, including new M62 junction (options 3 & 4) - Rail spur from Manchester – Newton-le-Willows – Liverpool line to serve Barton (all options) - Strategic Park and Ride around new M62/A57 link road (options 3 & 4)

Consultation process

• Summary leaflet to all households and businesses w/c 3rd Nov

• Drop-in sessions: Fit City Eccles, 18 November 5.00pm - 8.00pm

• Community Committee event 21 October, individual CC briefings offered

Core Strategy production process

• Consultation closes on 12 December 2008, consider representations made

• Publish a ‘preferred option’ in Spring 2009

• Publish a full draft Core Strategy in October 2009

• Submit Core Strategy to the Secretary of State in March 2010

• Public examination June – July 2010

• Adopt the Core Strategy January 2011