SAVE REGENT RETAIL PARK
Image: Google Maps 3D view with overlay of main structures of proposed development as envisaged by the campaign, based on planning documents (Regent Park Environmental Statement, Non-Technical Summary, TRIUM 2024).
Save Regent Retail Park Campaign
As residents and the local community, we are opposed to Henley Investment Management’s plans to demolish Regent Retail Park’s shops in Ordsall, Salford and build 3,300 apartments due to:
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Increased pollution, disruption & congestion during 10 years of construction.
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Loss of well used, accessible & affordable shops and local jobs over this period.
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More luxury apartments without the affordable housing and family housing needed.
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The developer says they cannot contribute to the public transport, roads, schools, and GPs needed for the additional 4,600 residents due to the development’s high £1 billion cost.
The developers have not listened to the community and their needs or how the plans will be damaging to residents. Their focus is to maximise their profit by building the tallest building outside London. The application should be rejected as it does not provide sustainable development or regeneration for the future homes and local services that Salford needs.
Stand Together to Save Regent Retail Park
Public Meeting
The Save Regent Retail Park Campaign held a public meeting on Saturday 15 August at 1:00 PM for Ordsall residents at St Clements Church to discuss the next steps in opposing Henley Investment Management’s redevelopment plans.
Salford Council has upheld a Save Regent Retail Park Campaign complaint and Henley is now required to resubmit its planning application. But key issues remain including the lack of credible guarantees for social rent homes, the loss of affordable shops and jobs, and no meaningful engagement with residents.
This meeting was organised to:
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Shape the next steps in the campaign
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Discuss concerns about housing, shops, jobs, and local services
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Organise community action to protect the retail park
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Stay informed on Henley’s expected resubmission of their application.
Local residents have made their voices clear: “We won’t accept development that takes from our area, adds no value, or ignores real concerns.”
Read our full report:
The objection report has been agreed and submitted by the group following consultation with the community and in response for concerns raised for the outline planning application PA2024/0962 submitted by Henley Investment Management to Salford City Council for the proposed redevelopment of Regent Retail Park.
Save Regent Retail Park Campaign would like to thank Planning Aid England for their support in the production of this report.
Petitions and Objections
We still need you! Sign the new petition (over 2,000 signatures):
Over 2,300 signatures in the first petition.
Over 470 objections on the council's planning application site.
Save
Our
Shops
“Your building all these apartments without enough car parking spaces. The people who live in the apartments next to the Jet petrol station, are always parked on the pavement & right across the path on the corner of Duncan St. & Oldfield Rd. Pedestrian are unable to squeeze through because they're so tightly parked and have to walk on the Rd against on coming traffic. The council have put double yellow lines further down Oldfield Rd near Robert Hall St. But this has only added to the misery of the residents as the people are now all parking where they can on Robert Hall St coronation St. and down the side streets. It's complete mayhem. You should not be allowed to build such high rise buildings with not enough parking for each apartments. The council need to STOP giving the go ahead. We need the shops more than ugly sky scrapers.”
Jacqui, Manchester, change.org
BBC News
"[...] Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey said the £1bn scheme will not deliver any affordable homes and could exacerbate the housing crisis by excluding lower-income residents and causing job losses and parking problems."
Manchester Evening News
"[...] a local Liberal Democrat councillor has described the proposed scheme as 'a disaster waiting to happen' and 'reckless'."
"Traders and shoppers at Regent Retail Park told the Local Democracy Reporting Service they are worried about losing shops and job opportunities."
Manchester Evening News
"Plans to build the tallest tower in Greater Manchester have suffered a major blow after planning permission was thrown out due to a ‘conflict of interest’ at the council."
