PLANNING CONSULTATION
Lacy Street - New Residential-Led Development
This consultation ends on 27th July 2025.
Trafford Council are consulting on plans for Lacy Street, Stretford – a new residential-led development comprising of 53 dwellings with amenity space, access and landscaping.
The proposals present an opportunity to bring a vacant site back into community use. Lacy Street is a highly sustainable location, the new development takes a positive, landscape-led approach, incorporating a variety of green spaces across the site.
Trafford Council is delivering a range of high-quality, sustainable homes across the borough. Specialising in residential development, we’re focused on creating new homes and thriving communities, that meet the long-term needs of the Trafford community.
Trafford Council would like to thank you for taking the time to view these proposals.
Your views are important to us and will help inform the final design of development.
Aerial View of Site Location (in red, not to scale)
The Site
The site is located within the ‘Longford’ ward and occupies a prominent location in Stretford. It is bordered by the A5145 (Edge Lane) to the north, the Bridgewater Canal towpath to the east, commercial buildings to the south, and the A56 (Chester Road) to the west. The site extends to approximately 0.94 hectares of previously developed land and includes the existing Lacy Street car park and the former sorting office and probation centre (both of which have now been demolished).
The site is in a poor condition, located along a key arterial route which is highly visible from Stretford Mall and the A56. There is a clear and pressing need to redevelop the site for high quality, sustainable homes to enable positive regeneration, in line with the wider Stretford Masterplan.
The majority of the site does benefit from outline planning consent, which was granted as part of the wider Stretford Mall redevelopment (LPA Ref: 103844/HYB/21) in 2023 and therefore the principle of residential use at the site is established.
Site Location Plan
The Proposal
The site plays an important role in the ongoing regeneration of Stretford, in line with the Stretford Masterplan. The site is in a prime location for development and these proposals will positively contribute towards achieving housing targets within the Borough, by providing exceptionally, high quality designed homes, suitable for a range of residents. In addition, the proposed scheme will create new public realm and considered landscaping improvements which can be enjoyed by new and existing residents.
The proposed scheme would provide:
- 53 dwellings comprising of:
- 6 x 2 bed apartments
- 10 x 2 bed houses
- 25 x 3 bed houses
- 12 x 4 bed houses
- 25% affordable homes provided on site;
- provision of open space, including a new pedestrian and cycle route from Stretford Town Centre to the Bridgewater Canal, and enhanced landscaping along Edge Lane; and,
- a total of 38 car parking spaces, including 1 car club space and 83 cycle parking spaces are to be provided. All car parking spaces will be equipped with electric vehicle charging points (‘EVCP’).
Detailed masterplan
Project Objectives
- To deliver a contemporary residential scheme, in line with the wider, ongoing regeneration of Stretford;
- To deliver high quality, sustainable homes for all in Greater Manchester;
- To deliver a development of mixed tenure, that contributes to a dynamic and thriving community;
- To introduce new, high quality public realm, with improved access to local parks, amenities and green space;
- To take influence from the character and history of Stretford, creating a sense of place;
- To retain the history and recreational use of green space at the Bridgewater canal; and,
- To deliver a scheme that increases footfall in the local area where residents have close access to local, independent businesses in the new town centre.
Downloads
- Consultation Leaflet
- Landscaping Masterplan
- Landscaping Visual 1
- Landscaping Visual 2
- Current Masterplan
- Current Masterplan Key
- Lacy Street Visual 1 - Townhouses and Green Space
- Lacy Street Visual 2 - Townhouses
- Lacy Street Visual 3 - Townhouses
- Lacy Street Aerial 1 - View from Lacy Street
- Lacy Street Aerial 2 - View from Bridgewater Canal
- Lacy Street Aerial 3 - View from Shared Path
Public Consultation Event
An in-person public consultation event is proposed to be held in due course. You will have the opportunity to attend and voice your opinions to the Applicant and project team at:
Date: Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Time: 3pm – 7pm
Venue: Calm Connections, Stretford Mall, Chester Rd, Stretford, Manchester M32 9BD
Your views are important to us and we encourage you to provide your feedback on the draft proposals.
Please leave all feedback via the feedback form below or alternatively, contact us via:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0161 956 4175
Former Zanzibar nightclub
Land at former Zanzibar Nightclub Marsh Parade / Hassell Street, Newcastle Under Lyme
Feedback invited by 16 January 2023.
Aspire Housing is preparing an application which will seek full (detailed) planning permission for the redevelopment of the former Zanzibar nightclub site for a scheme comprising three buildings, ranging between two and nine storeys that will provide 70 independent living units (in a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments and one-bedroom mews properties), 11 enterprise units (for certain uses falling with within Class E of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended), access, parking, communal facilities, landscaping, shared private amenity space and associated infrastructure. As part of this process Aspire wishes to seek the view of local people on its draft proposal. This consultation webpage is therefore intended to share Aspire’s vision and proposals for the redevelopment of the site and allow you the opportunity to give your feedback on the scheme, which will help Aspire and its team to refine its proposals.
About Aspire Housing
Aspire Housing is a leading housing provider, property developer and place shaper based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Created in July 2000, we own and manage more than 9,000 homes and support over 20,000 customers across Staffordshire and Cheshire. Our profits are reinvested in new homes, in revitalising communities and in a comprehensive range of innovative support services designed to transform lives.
Our aim is to make a positive, lasting difference to individuals and communities, providing a blend of high-quality homes, community support and people-focused services.
The scheme that Aspire is intending to bring forward forms part of its ambitious Older Persons Strategy which will see it embark on the transformative regeneration of several key sites within the Borough.
More information about Aspire Housing can be found at www.aspirehousing.co.uk
The Site
Aspire Housing acquired the Zanzibar Nightclub and accompanying public car park in 2019. The nightclub closed around 2004 and, in spite of the local planning authority granting several approvals for its redevelopment for alternative uses, the premises remained largely intact up until the point Aspire secured approval for the demolition in 2020. Since the buildings were demolished, the site has been vacant.
The application site is located to the east of and within Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Centre. It is situated in a highly sustainable location within walking distance of a wide range of services, facilities and employment opportunities. The site is well served by public transport and benefits from excellent connections to the local footpath and cycleway networks.
The site is shown edged in red on the attached aerial image (Plan 1) and the site’s constraints and opportunities are shown on Plan 2.
Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council’s Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document (January 2009) and its companion documents identify this land as being one of the sites that could be redeveloped to create an enhanced ‘gateway’ into the town, and which present an opportunity for a ‘landmark’ development. Plan 3 shows how the proposal could potentially respond to these opportunities.
The Proposal
The development will provide a range of one and two-bedroom apartments for over-55s independent living, along with internal communal facilities and external amenity space for residents.
The proposed Site Plan (Plan 4) shows the layout of the buildings on the site. The main entrance to the development will be to the corner of Marsh Parade and Brunswick Street, where residents will be able to access communal lounges and gardens. Seven storeys of residential accommodation will sit above the ground floor level communal facilities at this end of the site. A row of independently accessed mews style properties will be situated on the site’s Hassell Street frontage. They will be arranged over two storeys which responds to the scale of the existing terraced housing on the opposite side of Hassell Street.
In addition to the independent living apartments, the proposal makes provision for 11 self-contained enterprise units located within a standalone two-storey block to the west of the site, fronting on to North Street. These office units will be owned by Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council who will offer them for rent, to independent start-up businesses.
The scheme has been designed in such a way that it allows for the gradual reduction in height (stepping down) of the buildings, from the tallest section in the eastern part of the site, towards the west. This reflects the site’s sloping topography and respects the scale of the existing built development to the south and west of the site. The strategies underpinning the way in which the site is laid out and the scale and massing of the proposed buildings is shown on Plan 4.
We have provided two visuals (Plans 5 and 6) which show how the building would be seen in views from George Street and Hassell Street. We have also produced a massing model, which shows how the development will sit within the context of its surroundings. Images of the model can be found at Plan7.
The proposal for Zanzibar presents an opportunity to greatly improve this vacant site and enhance the character of the surrounding area. Moreover, it will provide urgently needed accommodation for older persons in safe and secure environment, designed to a very high specification. It is also the intention that Aspire will bring forward a truly sustainable development that will contain a wide range of energy efficiency techniques and technologies in order to enhance the living experience for its residents and reduce the carbon footprint of the development.
The staggered roof levels provide an opportunity for energy generation via the installation of photovoltaic panels (PVs) arranged in a southern and western orientation. While the introduction of green and blue roofs will enhance local biodiversity value and assist with rainwater attenuation. At the top level of the building there will be a private roof terrace for residents, which will afford views across the town centre and the hills beyond (Plan 8).
Consultation
We welcome your feedback on the draft proposals. The deadline for providing comments is the 16 January 2023.
For any further queries, please contact Avison Young via the email: