Plans submitted for 53 homes on site of former Royal Mail sorting office and probation office

25pc of the homes will be affordable

Trafford council has submitted a planning application to its own planning team for 53 new homes on the Lacy Street car park and the former Royal Mail sorting office and probation centre in Salford.

The development, intended for the site opposite the soon-to-be demolished Stretford Mall, will deliver 25 per cent affordable, sustainable and thermally efficient housing.

It includes two, three and four-bedroom houses and two-bedroom apartments, with the tallest structures reaching a maximum height of 3.5 storeys. The designers on the scheme are Pozzoni architects.

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The Lacy Street site forms part of the overall regeneration of Stretford outlined in the 2021 and 2024 Masterplan. Stretford Mall, across from the Lacy Street site, is currently being redeveloped by the council in partnership with Bruntwood.

Council bosses say the authority has made providing a thriving economy and homes for all a corporate priority.

Coun Liz Patel, Trafford council’s executive member for economy and regeneration, said: “This is a crucial site and forms part of the overall Stretford masterplan.

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“We are applying for permission to build 53 new homes – 14 of which are affordable. The designs reflect feedback that we have had from residents in the consultation about the need to develop houses, as well as flats, and to open up access to the canal in the area.”

The application will be heard at a Council’s planning meeting in the near future.

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