Consent secured for latest phase of homes at £1bn Middlewood Locks

The next phase of development at 25-acre mixed use development Middlewood Locks has been approved by Salford City Council planners.Scarborough Group International (SGI) submitted plans last July for the next phases at the £1bn development.These include major residential and commercial projects including large areas of public realm for the remaining ten-acre plot of land. This connects the existing community at Middlewood Locks and Salford through the Ordsall Chord railway arches to Manchester city centre.The first reserved matters consent includes 659 residential apartments within two blocks, one to be part 28-storeys and part ten-storeys linked by a podium garden. The other is part 32-storeys and part 11-storeys, alongside ground and first floor commercial space of circa 18,000 sq ft.The second reserved matters consent is for 250 residential apartments within an L-shaped building that steps down from 15 storeys to 11 storeys. There will also be a 4,500 sq ft commercial space provision with extensive canalside public realm for residents and visitors. Both plots will have dedicated under-croft parking, electric charging points and bicycle storage.A new landscaped public square with event space linking the two plots is also included in the plans.It follows completion of both phases one and two, comprising 1,117 apartments and supporting amenity with the next phase of homes, The Railings. This comprises a further 189 apartments and townhouses starting on site next month.Beijing Construction Engineering Group International (BCEGI) is the construction partner whilst Whittam Cox Architects is design partner and Zerum is the scheme’s planning adviser.