Mixed use – that’s the plans for the Warrener Street Car Park in Sale Moor

After months of deliberation and consultation the saga of the Sale Moor Warrener Street Car Park is nearly at an end.  Plans for a mixed use for the future of the site, were revealed  at a public ‘drop-in”  at a local school last night.

Sale Today exclusively revealed that the Council’s preferred development option is for  “mixed use”development.  Trafford Council  who own the site,  employed consultants Cushman and Wakefield. to determine the way forward.

“We’re really pleased with the way Cushman and Wakefield consulted with We Are Sale Moor and delighted that we’ve had a chance to influence the proposal. We’ve worked hard and pushed for involvement throughout the process.  We Are Sale Moor Group were hoping that the option for “mixed use” would be favoured. “That provides mixed use –  possibly for a GP surgery, a community convenience store, and some housing, with a smaller car park,” said Christine  Houlding, of the We Are Sale Moor Group, who have been leading the resistance to plans for a supermarket to be built on the site.

“This option has been developed having taken all the comments and views of those who took part in the consultation exercise into account.”  There was a public drop-in event at Lime Tree Primary Academy last night attended by hundreds of Sale Moor residents.

Trafford Council’s planning committee, granted planning permission for a supermarket to be built on the site  last year.  The controversial plans were opposed by hundreds of people from the Sale Moor Community.  The Council  embarked on a public consultation, and options for the future use of the site.

“As a publicly owned asset the Council must ensure that development of the car park site achieves best value in both financial and socio-economic terms. Towards this aim, Cushman & Wakefield has now completed an independent Options and Feasibility Study on behalf of Trafford Council to inform and determine the site’s future potential, “said a spokesperson for Trafford Council