The site had only 95 shop units compared to the proposed , the hotel and two storey car park were never built. The shopping centre which at the time was known as Salford Precinct was renamed Salford Shopping City.
On 9 August the Manchester Evening News reported that Salford City Council was planning on selling off Salford Shopping City to raise money for local housing repairs, these plans split the ruling Labour Party council, one councillor telling the press that it would be like selling off the family silver. This is a tale of our times — 60s and 70s redevelopment designed and built in the rampant spirit of free enterprise and uber-buoyant consumerism, falling foul of an economic downturn, subsequent unemployment and shrinking retail spending.
Property is ping-ponged between local authority and speculative developers. Following the riots of pledges were made regarding the future of the site, plans are still afoot , as yet to be rendered corporeal. Although the area has benefitted from an influx of students and a refurbishment of housing stock, there is pressure on the prosperity of the precinct from thriving retail developments in nearby Manchester and the Trafford Centre.
The architectural core of the site has been retained, including the 23 storey Briar Court residential tower, though diluted by more recent additions, misguided post modern detailing that threatens the integrity of full many a post war development.
You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. WH Smith followed suit, as did the electrical retailer Currys. Eileen Pickard has been shopping at the precinct for two decades but says the change in recent years has been stark. The place was buzzing. Once these shops go, they never come back.
But James Morrissey has a more sunny outlook. Changes of use and redevelopments within centres will be carefully controlled to ensure that they support rather than detract from the successful functioning of the centres and their ability to meet local needs.
All proposals will be required to:. Within the primary shopping frontages of town centres, proposals that would involve the loss of A1 retail units will only be supported where the development would:.
A Not be harmful to the overall shopping function of the centre; B Not result in a concentration of non-retail uses that would be harmful to the vitality of the primary shopping frontages; C Extend the offer and range of activities available to shoppers and other users so as to enhance the visitor experience of the centre; and D Provide an active frontage and a direct service to visiting members of the general public.
Ground floor residential uses will only be acceptable in centres where they are in secondary frontages with low levels of footfall, and there is no realistic prospect of securing an active use in the unit. Individual proposals for A3, A4 and A5 uses will be supported where:. For the purpose of permitted development rights, the local centres and the primary shopping areas of town centres are classified as key shopping areas.
Local centres are important in meeting the day-to-day needs of residents and their retail role is key to their success. This is in the backdrop of changes in retailing with the continued growth in online shopping, which has meant that some retailers are reducing their store numbers and concentrating on larger format stores in fewer locations.
When considering proposals, the individual situation of centres will be taken into account in the determination of proposals. Within Monton, there has been a marked increase in the number of food and drink uses in the centre in recent years, and it is considered that a tipping point has been reached, whereby further changes of use to food and drink would be likely to harm the retail character and function of the centre as well as the amenity of neighbouring residents.
Neither primary nor secondary frontages are defined for local centres, with the entirety of such centres being defined as the primary shopping area. They will be complemented by other main town centre uses together with uses that sit comfortably within a town centre environment that generate daytime footfall and add to the vitality and vibrancy of centres.
Other complementary main town centre uses can add to the vitality, but it is important that the retail character and function is not eroded and continues to be the primary form of provision within primary frontages. Further provision of A1 uses will be supported and loss should be resisted in these areas, with any reduction in provision not being to the detriment of the vitality and viability of that centre.
Within secondary frontages a wider range of uses will be supported such as public facing services, businesses and further leisure and restaurant uses. Furthermore retail uses tend to be spread throughout the centres rather than concentrated within any one part, making it difficult to make distinctions between areas.
By not defining primary and secondary frontages, this provides a more flexible approach. The presumption within local centres is to maximise and retain A1 retail units in order to meet the day-to day needs, but at the same time, subject to consideration of vitality and viability, allow other main town centre uses and services to be accommodated, maximising occupancy within centres and contributing to vitality and viability.
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