PLANS APPROVED FOR DEMOLITION OF TWO FAST FOOD BRANCHES AND A CASINO TO MAKE WAY FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ORDSALL

IMCO Holdings has won planning permission to demolish a number of buildings at Riverside Retail Park, off Regent Road in Ordsall.

Branches of Kentucky Fired Chicken and MacDonald's as well as the Grosvenor Casino will be levelled to make way for a new residential development at the site.

Proposals were first brought forward in 2017 in documents which outlined a 'Master Plan' for the site which included four blocks between 9 and 25 storeys high close to the banks of the river Irwell on the border between Salford and Manchester.

The news comes as a growing opposition is being mounted against what campaigners say is the gentrification of another part of Ordsall, following an application to build ten new tower blocks and a 5 acre park on the current site of Regent Road Retail Park by Henley Investment Management.

Imco's initial application was declined due to environmental concerns over its proximity to the river, but the council was swayed by the provision of additional information on mitigation measures, which satisfied the conditions for approval.

This could mean that the demolition at the site could start as early as May 2024.