Plan to build 49 homes on pub land
DERELICT PUB TO BE DEMOLISHED
A BREWERY is planning to bulldoze a pub to build 49 homes on the site.
Caspia Management Ltd and Stockport-based Robinsons Brewery are applying for permission today to demolish the Brown Cow pub on Worsley Road, near Eccles, and to build 21 two bedroom flats, 10 three bedroom houses and 18 four bedroom houses.
But it will mean the loss of a dozen mature trees which a Salford council report says will be ‘regrettable’ as they make a positive contribution to the character of the adjoining Port Salford Greenway walking and cycling route.
The report says: “It is important the applicant provides good quality tree replacement to mitigate the harm caused by the proposed loss of trees.”
Five objections have been made to the scheme which would see a twoacre site, including the pub, its car park, and loading yard, and grassland next to it cleared.
The area has been subject to vandalism since the pub closed in 2015. This included the severing of an electrical cable which meant the supply to floodlighting at the nearby Cleavley athletics track has been knocked out for several months, causing its closure.
Residents say more houses are not needed and object to ‘the loss of a community pub and a fine building’
They claim it will bring more traffic to an already congested area and being close to Worsley Brook and Folly Brook would result in the destruction of local wildlife habitats.
Three local councillors have concerns about traffic congestion an the road design of the plan, and requested a site visit is made.
The developers are obliged to make a payment to mitigate the impacts of the development and include payments for ‘public open space, public realm improvements, education facilities and affordable housing.’
But the report says for reasons of ‘viability’ the development cannot support the level of contribution considered by the the council as appropriate.
Without saying how much they thought was appropriate the council has agreed a contribution of £185,000.
The developers should also be providing six affordable houses, based on 20 per cent of 28 houses in the development - they don’t have to provide any affordable housing for the flats. Instead some of the £185,000 will go as a contribution to affordable housing ‘off site.’
The proposal is recommemded for approval by officers on conditon construction starts within three years.