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Land Bounded By The River Irwell, Cathedral Approach, Victoria Bridge Street, Chapel Street, Greengate And Gravel Lane, Salford

06/53597/FULFull applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 June 2007

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Provision of new Public Realm in the form of three new urban spaces - a water based square fronting the River Irwell, an enlarged pedestrian route along Greengate and a new city square to the north of the railway viaduct including a new pedestrian bridge across the Irwell to Victoria Street, water sculptures, new market cross, exchange monument and single storey pavilion building, tree planting and hard and soft landscaping

Received
25 September 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Ordsall
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 269 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Bounded By The River Irwell, Cathedral Approach, Victoria Bridge Street, Chapel Street, Greengate And Gravel Lane, Salford. Salford has handled 2,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 269 days, 30 weeks longer than Salford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

88% of full applications at Salford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2006
Consultation expiry
5 July 2007
Consultation start
26 October 2006
Consultation end
20 December 2006
Neighbour consultation start
14 June 2007
Neighbour consultation end
5 July 2007
Last date for comments
5 July 2007
Target decision date
19 November 2006
Committee meeting
21 June 2007
Decision issued
7 September 2007
Permission expires
7 September 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mike Collier (Architects And Landscape Design) Emerson House Albert Street Eccles M30 0TE FAO M Collier

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Cathedral conservation areaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Railway Viaduct and Retaining Walls at Junction With GreengateOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: 2018 HMO Article 4 Direction
  • Brownfield land register: Land to the east of Gravel LaneRegister site at or near this address · +6 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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