Capital&Centric and Bolton part ways on 160-home Trinity Gateway project
Plans to deliver apartments on a clutch of sites close to the town’s transport interchange were submitted in 2023 but the scheme has now hit the buffers.
It is almost two years since Capital&Centric announced it was working with Bolton Council to redevelop six acres across five authority-owned sites off Bradshawgate and Breightmet Street.
The plan was for a 160-home scheme billed as Neighbourhood with Capital&Centric aiming to “re-write the rules on suburban living”, co-founder Tim Heatley said at the time.
Plans were submitted in May 2023 but never determined.
While Trinity Gateway has been binned, the partners are still working together elsewhere in the borough. C&C’s Farnworth development is due to complete soon.
John Moffat, joint managing director at Capital&Centric, said: “We’ve really enjoyed working with Bolton Council on the gamechanging Farnworth Green which is nearly ready to open its doors.
“When it comes to our Bolton Neighbourhood project in the town centre, we share a different vision. As we continue our expansion into new towns and cities across the UK, like Buxton and Wolverhampton, Gateshead, Sheffield, we’ve made the difficult decision not to progress with Bolton town centre while we focus on other regeneration projects.”
Moffat added that an additional three schemes in a trio of new cities would be announced soon.
Capital&Centric’s withdrawal from Trinity Gateway is just the latest setback for the project.
In 2019, Midia secured approval for a 20-storey residential, a multi-storey car park, and an office block on the same sites. However, the project never materialised.
A spokesperson for Bolton Council said: “As with many regeneration projects, as circumstances have changed, we have reached a mutual agreement with the developer to explore other options.
“We will now look to identify a new developer partner to bring forward this key strategic site which has enormous potential.
“We would like to thank Capital&Centric for their work on this project, delivery of the transformational Farnworth Green development, and their continued commitment to Bolton through ongoing management and promotion of this site and the town”.
Is there any other major town in the UK that is as hopeless at development projects as Bolton?
A town which is 20 mins away from Manchester has a housing shortage should be drowning in investment. What is Stockport doing that Bolton isn’t?
By Anonymous
What’s going on at Littlewoods? The site has been deserted for months.
By Anonymous
Didn’t C&C do this in Rochdale too?
By Rich X
Can’t they both just be honest and say it’s unviable even with millions of pounds of grant funding…
By John W
Hmmm teasing article. What’s not being said here? Why did the partnership not proceed?
By Anonymous
There’s a theme here Bolton, you lost Muse on a nearby project too. Sort it out please.
By Dave Goole
This is a shame, I’ve not visited the finished Farnworth project yet but the pictures do look stunning, so I was excited they were coming to the town centre of Bolton too.
By Clare Lally
This is disappointing news. I would love to know in what way the visions of the developer and Council differed.
By Anonymous