SALFORD Council have given planning permission for nearly 500 flats to be built on three acres of abandoned land on the Manchester Salford border - right by the Campanile Hotel and the Regent Retail Park.
Confidential first reported on the plans for Wilburn Basin back in June 2014 - read here.
“Our proposals will bring back into use an important part of the city that otherwise provides only a negative impact upon the area."
The scheme submitted by WB Developers and designed by OMI architects (Dukes 92, Spectrum Apartments) is for 491 flats in four tower blocks of eight, ten, twelve and 21 storeys high.
The mixed-use development will offer one, two and three bedroom flats set around a communal courtyard at the former boat-morring site built in 1864 on the banks of the River Irwell.
Wilburn Basin plans
Regent Road site (Regent Retail Park to the left)
Daren Whitaker, the man behind WB Developers and parent-company Renaker Build (Royal Mills, Bengal Mills), has a number of further projects in place across the city including 500 apartments on Greengate Square in Salford (under Pinnacle Developments) and a 302 apartment tower on the former Harry Ramsden's site just across from the Wilburn Basin development on Regent Road (under LQ Developments).
Whitaker said of plans for Wilburn Basin:
“Our proposals will bring back into use an important part of the city that otherwise provides only a negative impact upon the area.
“Having worked closely with key stakeholders and the City we are particularly pleased with the creativity in our design solution to maintain important linkages, access the River Irwell and preserve the basin which was originally built in 1864.
“Our application marks a significant investment into the city and the opportunity to deliver much needed new homes.”
