Urban Splash granted permission to develop Irwell Riverside site
Award-winning regeneration company Urban Splash has been awarded planning consent for the delivery of 171 homes at Irwell Riverside, a new waterfront community off Trinity Way in Salford.
The approval means that Urban Splash can now progress with the development of 100 apartments and 71 family hoUSe units. Speaking of the decision, director Nathan Cornish said: “We’re delighted that we have got the go ahead to develop out this important site which sits on the meandering banks of the River Irwell and is just a short walk of the city centre.”
The news means that Urban Splash can now extend its hoUSe offering to a third site; with developments already underway at Smith’s Dock in North Tyneside and New Islington in Manchester – where all 43 hoUSes have sold.
The award-winning concept has been well received as it gives customers the opportunity to create their own architect-designed home, determining their preferred layout in either a 1,000sq ft two storey home or 1,500sq ft three storey property. Nathan continued: “We feel that the city centre needs a mix of different homes and this site offers us the chance to deliver both family housing and apartments within one interconnected site. Judging by the demand we’re already receiving for hoUSe there is a huge appetite among customers for well designed family homes in and around Manchester and our offerings at New Islington – and now at Irwell Riverside – give new options for families that might otherwise feel their only option is to move out to the suburbs.”
hoUSe has been designed with the help of architects shedkm. The homes adopt a traditional terraced approach, but internally layouts can be configured to tailor anything from one to five bedrooms, plus open plan living spaces dictated by the buyer: “It is our hope that hoUSe is soon widely identified as an alternative to traditional housebuilding;” Nathan added. “It gives customers a chance to design the internal layout of their homes and thereby decide how they want to live as well as offering large floor to ceiling heights, huge windows and a high quality of finishes.”
Urban Splash will now move forward with the detailed design and groundworks is targeting to be on site later in 2016.
