The Chapel Wharf development framework has received approval, allowing 47 acres of land to be regenerated and adopted into Salford city centre.
The framework outlines the potential development, public realm investment and place-making opportunities over the next 15 to 20 years. It was produced by a multi-disciplinary team, led by Open (Optimised Environments). Open was advised by Savills and Civic Engineers on behalf of Salford City Council.
Jay Patel, Savills’ Manchester-based planning director, said the regeneration will “reinvigorate this important part of Salford as a destination” and “bring the community to life”.
The project aims to supply a more diverse mix of homes in the Salford city centre area. The Chapel Wharf development framework will reactivate underused railway arches, create an accessible, high-quality riverside environment along the Irwell and connect the burgeoning areas of Greengate and New Bailey.
Mark Foster, Open’s Manchester urban design lead for the project, said: “Reinvigorating the area’s distinctive viaducts, establishing comfortable pedestrian links, reclaiming major infrastructure and advocating the development of scale sensitive to its historic context will all combine to support a sustainable community and offer another side to Salford city centre.”
The masterplan area extends to Trinity Way to the north, the River Irwell to the south and Bridge Street to the west. In the east, the site stretches to Blackfriars Road but does not include the neighbouring Greengate area, which already has a development framework in place.
The 47-acre area is intersected by the railway line connecting Salford Central station with Manchester Victoria.
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