£1bn Trafford Waters scheme set for green light

Peel’s ambitious proposals to build a £1bn scheme known as Trafford Waters, which involve creating up to 3,000 apartments and more than 860,000 sq ft of office space in Greater Manchester, look set to be given the green light.An outline planning application by Peel Investments (North) to regenerate land bounded by the Trafford Centre, the Manchester Ship Canal, Chill Factore and B&Q is set to be reviewed by Trafford Council’s planning committee. Peel first unveiled its Trafford Water vision in March 2015 and submitted the planning application a month later.The proposals involve creating up to 3,000 apartments, 861,113 sq ft of grade A office space, 72,119 sq ft of commercial accommodation, 300 hotel bedrooms likely to be split across two independent buildings, a 150-bed care home, a 420-pupil primary school, a pedestrian footbridge over Trafford Boulevard and extensive public realm.The tallest buildings within the proposed development would be 16 storeys high.It is envisaged that the scheme would be delivered across six phases, starting with the area around All Saints’ Church, and have a total build-out time of 15-20 years. Upon completion, it would support 4,724 jobs predominantly within the office blocks.Ahead of the meeting, a planning officer’s report has recommended that councillors should resolve that they would be minded to grant permission and that the determination of the application should be deferred to the head of planning.