{"id":250659,"date":"2025-11-08T05:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250659\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T05:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:13:06","slug":"greater-manchesters-1bn-tallest-skyscraper-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250659\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Manchester’s \u00a31bn tallest skyscraper approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Fitzpatrick,North West and <\/p>\n

Declan Carey,Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/p>\n

\"SalfordSalford City Council<\/p>\n

The tower will become the third tallest building in the country<\/p>\n

Plans have been approved to build the tallest skyscraper in Greater Manchester as part of a \u00a31bn development featuring 3,300 homes, despite widespread opposition.<\/p>\n

The controversial scheme will see 10 high-rise towers built on land off Regent Retail Park in Ordsall, Salford – with the tallest standing at 895ft (273m) and 77 storeys. <\/p>\n

It will become the third tallest building in the country, and 73 metres higher than the Deansgate Square building which is currently the city region’s highest. <\/p>\n

The plans were approved by Salford City Council’s planning team despite a concerns about an influx of people moving into the area and the pressure that would create on services.<\/p>\n

It will be the “biggest housing-led development in Salford for 50 years”, according to developers Henley Investment Management (HIM).<\/p>\n

Construction is set to last 10 years and will see the northern half of Regent Retail Park knocked down to make way for the new homes.<\/p>\n

\"HenleyHenley Investments\/Matt Brooks Architects<\/p>\n

People have raised concerns about overdevelopment in the area<\/p>\n

The developer estimates the scheme will pump \u00a33.7m a year into the city through council tax and bring many other benefits.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson Hattie Charlier-Poole said: “It’s very well publicised that the nation as a whole is struggling to build homes.<\/p>\n

“It is the right place to house a lot of people and a lot of services.”<\/p>\n

Developers said the site will include 660 affordable homes, a community centre, a public park, and space for healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n

Salford has 5,000 people on its housing register, and is facing huge demand for new homes.<\/p>\n

But concerns were raised by some at the planning meeting over whether the scheme would benefit the city overall.<\/p>\n

‘Questions unanswered’<\/p>\n

Rebecca Long-Bailey MP spoke about the need for more services in the area and urged HIM to withdraw its planning application and re-consult with residents over the plans.<\/p>\n

She said: “With the increase in population, there will be a need for extra GP places, school places, dentist places and a chemist, and at the moment there are still too many questions left unanswered.”<\/p>\n

One objector, John Grant, also said: “The 3,300 apartments in this tiny block is massive over-development, 3,300 homes here would create a concrete jungle, 3,300 homes would sound the death knell of Ordsall as we know it now.”<\/p>\n

But Coun Mike McCusker, the council’s lead member for planning, supported the plans and moved it for approval.<\/p>\n

Coun McCusker spoke about the urgent need for new homes, adding: “660 affordable houses is a huge amount that will have a massive impact on our waiting list and residents in Ordsall whose kids can’t get out the house in their late 30s.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Fitzpatrick,North West and Declan Carey,Local Democracy Reporting Service Salford City Council The tower will become the third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-250659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}