Sale Magistrates’ Court redevelopment given £1.2m boost

Plans for 84 homes to be built on the plot of the former Sale Magistrates’ Court have received £1.2 million of funding.

The cash comes from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and will go towards Trafford Council’s plans to overhaul the site for new homes, including road changes nearby.

The plans include 38 apartments in two blocks, one three storeys, one four storeys, plus 40 townhouses and six semi-detached houses.

There will be a total of 21 ‘affordable’ homes, made up of 13 flats for affordable rent and eight houses for shared ownership, representing 25 per cent affordable housing on-site.

The proposals were approved by the authority last year and will be a joint venture between the council and developers Seddon.

In order to make way for the new homes, all of the trees currently on the site, bar one, will be removed – something council officers labelled an ‘adverse’ element of the scheme when it was being decided by the planning committee.

The redevelopment includes a park in the centre of the site and new trees – a total of 111 – will be planted along Ashton Lane and Cross Street.

The plans also include new give way junctions, including where York Road meets Cranleigh Drive and Ashton Lane in Sale.

Council officers described the location of the site as ‘highly sustainable’ due to its good transport links and proximity to Sale town centre.

The £1.2 million of funding from the GMCA will be used to ensure new homes on the site are sustainable, including helping to install high-quality windows, warm water recycling systems, more cavity insulation and air source heat pumps.

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