Trafford pushes ahead with Stretford resi
A 53-home scheme could be built on the site of the former Royal Mail sorting office that was demolished in 2020.
Working with RJK Consulting, Trafford Council has lodged early-stage plans that outline its intentions for a 2.3-acre site on Lacy Street.
Trafford’s vision for the site is 53 homes ranging from two-bedroom apartments and townhouses to four-bedroom family housing, according to an EIA scoping report by RJK. The aim is for a 25% affordable provision across the site.
The council acquired the site in 2019 and it forms part of a wider 27-acre masterplan for Stretford that also includes the mall, which the authority is redeveloping in partnership with Bruntwood.
Fronting the Bridgewater Canal and located on the corner of Chester Road and Edge Lane in Stretford, the Lacy Street site has been vacant since 2018 when the Royal Mail relocated its operations to Old Trafford.
Pozzoni is advising the council on the proposals. To learn more about the plans, search for reference number 114329/EIASCR/24 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
Who would be able to afford these properties do something for the homeless people
By Anonymous
It’s essential that these new homes are offered to local people and help to get on the housing ladder.
By Jeff
Ridiculous. Get rid of half the shops and put 53 new homes on top of the rest of the new apartments being built. Can’t see it going well in an area the crime rate has risen so much in the past few years. Its stupid, try focusing on making the area better to live in… not seeing how you can pull more revenue out of it.
By Anonymous
Disastrous plan . Council seem to want to build to make money for the Altrincham end of Trafford not to improve Stretford. Canal side and railway tracks don’t make good living conditions. Which schools, nurseries doctors , hospital A&E Fire station would serve these extra homes?
By Anonymous
Is jt going to be like the site opposite on the other side of the canal that they started building on 2 or 3 years ago and never finished. Now there’s an eyesore of an unfinished building
By Anonymous
First the company that posted this article needs to get upto date photographs of the area – Stretford Mall, Chester Road, Kingsway and Edge Lane have not looked like that in ages -where are all the cones and badly designed junctions and unused cycle lanes.
By Jmw