[Images by Peel L&P and Trafford Council] Plans for a £1billion development with 3,000 homes, a 300-bedroom hotel, a new primary school, offices and shops near the Trafford Centre are one step closer. A deal has been struck over the operating costs of a lifting bridge crossing the Manchester Ship Canal close to the Trafford Centre, next door to the Trafford Waters development site. Trafford Waters is set to be a mixed-use development on 63 acres of land, owned by The Peel Land and Property Group, which will provide thousands of homes, leisure facilities and retail space.
[Images by Peel L&P and Trafford Council]
[Images by Peel L&P and Trafford Council] Plans for a £1billion development with 3,000 homes, a 300-bedroom hotel, a new primary school, offices and shops near the Trafford Centre are one step closer. A deal has been struck over the operating costs of a lifting bridge crossing the Manchester Ship Canal close to the Trafford Centre, next door to the Trafford Waters development site. Trafford Waters is set to be a mixed-use development on 63 acres of land, owned by The Peel Land and Property Group, which will provide thousands of homes, leisure facilities and retail space.
[Images by Peel L&P and Trafford Council]
Huge £1bn urban living development opposite Trafford Centre edges one step closer
The high density Trafford Waters proposal was given the green light by councillors back in 2018
15:23, 15 FEB 2021
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Plans for a £1billion development which would see 3,000 homes built opposite the Trafford Centre have edged one step closer.
Shipping containers could be transformed into 40 new homes for rough sleepers in Manchester
The Embassy Village would provide up to 40 new modular homes in the city centre, if plans are approved
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Manchester-based charity Embassy plans to create 40 modular homes made from repurposed shipping containers to provide secure housing for the city’s homeless people, in partnership with developers Peel L&P and Capital & Centric.
Embassy Village would be located on a self-contained, currently derelict site owned by Peel L&P, below the railway arches between the Bridgewater Canal and River Irwell in Manchester city centre. Capital & Centric is advising on the delivery of the scheme and Jon Matthews Architects is the designer. The full project team, which provided its services to Embassy pro bono, is detailed below.
The aim is to create a new community to help the city’s homeless and vulnerable men get back on their feet. The modular units created from shipping containers would be transformed into safe, secure homes and the charity would provide 24-hour on-site security, as well as wraparound support of at least six hours per week to each resident to help them ident