DPP submitted planning application for the former Regent Trading Estate, delivering 63 one and two bedroom apartments and 27 town houses designed to Passivhaus standards.

As part of the proposals, the existing building which sits over the former canal basin will be demolished, creating an area of landscaping, open space and associated quality public space.  On completion, the new homes will be acquired and managed by Derive RP, an independent housing provider created by Salford Council to deliver affordable and social housing across the city.

Design by Fielden Clegg Bradley Associates, the new homes will stand next to Islington Mill, location of the Islington Mill Arts Club (IMAC), one of Greater Manchester’s most important bases for artists and creative businesses. Recognising this, two commercial units from the five warehouses on the existing site will be retained for continued use by cultural enterprises.

Achievements

DPP have been retained on the project to manage minor amendments to the permission and to discharge planning conditions.