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Category: Housing

Plans in for ‘Discovery Quay’ – 300 studio flats in two Salford Quays blocks

Manchester-based property firm Pinnacle Alliance has submitted plans for two new apartment blocks in Salford Quays. The scheme on King William Street, dubbed...

Demolition plan for Winton’s Brown Cow pub to make way for 51 houses

Developers have submitted a planning application to Salford City Council asking for permission to build 51 homes on the site of the closed Brown Cow pub in Winton....

Salford good Samaritans spread festive cheer among the elderly

Two good Samaritans in Salford have cooked up a plan to ensure the older generation are not on their own this Christmas. Valerie Winnard and Jackie Kelsey, both 58, live...

First phase of 570 homes at £700m Middlewood Locks gets green light

Real estate developer Fairbriar International has been handed planning consent for the first phase of 571 homes at Middlewood Locks in Salford. Construction is expected...

Planners win approval for 8-storey block of flats on former Albert Vaults pub

A demolished pub on Chapel Street in Salford will be replaced by an 8-storey tower block after plans were finally passed by Salford City Council. The Albert Vaults...

City West plan five-storey apartment block with restaurant in Eccles

Housing association City West have submitted plans for a five-storey block of flats in Eccles town centre. The building, on a demolished garage site on Fox Street,...

New apprentice recruits start work in Salford

A Salford housing provider and its partner contractors have welcomed their latest intake of apprentices. Salix Homes, which owns more than 8,300 homes across central...

Two former Little Hulton primary school sites go up for housing sale

Two vacant former primary school sites in Little Hulton have gone back up for sale by Urban Vision. Both schools closed and were demolished in 2008 in a merger with the...

Apartments plan for historic Red Lion pub in Patricroft

Councillors are considering new plans to refurbish the vacant Red Lion pub in Patricroft, Eccles, to build four one-bed affordable apartments. The former pub on Chapel...

£50m Greengate tower blocks get green light in Salford

Developers have won the right to start building a pair of 14 and 34-storey tower blocks in Greengate after plans were passed by Salford City Council. Silverlane...