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Ordsall Residents: Have Your Say!
Proposals to redevelop a brownfield site in Ordsall, Salford are to be unveiled to the community in advance a series of wider consultation events taking place later this month. LPC Living, the developer owned by the Pervaiz Naviede Family Trust, has drawn up plans for the former District Centre site in the estate where it is committed to investing around £100m, in partnership with Salford City Council. As recently reported [...]
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Plans to be Revealed for Ordsall Site
Proposals for a key site in Salford are anticipated to be revealed next month by LPC Living, the developer owned by the Pervaiz Naviede Family Trust. Ordsall’s District Centre sits at the heart of the 180-acre estate and for a time was a thriving retail and leisure centre when it was originally constructed in the 1960s boasting a shopping parade, convenience store, pub, library and other community facilities. However, in [...]
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Ordsall War Memorial Comes Home This Weekend
Veterans with links to the Ordsall estate and their families are being invited to a ceremony commemorating the centenary of the First World War, and the vital role played by Salford residents. The highlight of the event, which takes place this Saturday, will be a rededication of the Regent Park Memorial which was first erected in 1918. Following a spate of vandalism in the 1970s the sandstone sculpture was taken [...]
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Allotment Campaign Bears Fruit!
A community group is celebrating after a campaign to create allotments in Ordsall finally pays off with an official opening taking place next month. The Ordsall Community Allotment Society (OCAS) was formed six years ago by a number of local residents of the Salford estate keen to see the creation of new growing spaces. The group felt the introduction of new allotments would promote healthier living through better diet and [...]
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Plans to be Unveiled for Ordsall War Memorial
Plans to relocate a war memorial in Ordsall, Salford are to be unveiled this week by Salford City Council, Salix Homes and LPC Living. The memorial, which commemorates men from the area who lost their lives in the First World War, currently stands outside the former British Legion on Robert Hall Street. The council has been working with LPC Living, the regeneration developer charged with transforming the 180 acre estate, [...]
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Former Ordsall Marketing Suite to Make Way for New Homes
Salford-based developer LPC Living has announced plans to clear a brownfield site in Ordsall to make way for a new housing scheme. The site, located at the junction of Ordsall Lane and Oldfield Road, has been home to the Heart of Ordsall marketing suite since 2005. The temporary building was constructed by LPC Living to promote the ambitious plans to regenerate the 180 acre estate in partnership with Salford City [...]
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Salford Site is Ready to be Transformed
Plans to redevelop a derelict shopping centre in Salford are a step closer as demolition of the existing buildings commences this week. The Ordsall District Centre was constructed in the 1960s at the heart of the estate which sits between Manchester city centre and Salford Quays. The site was originally home to a supermarket, pub, library, shopping parade and health centre. However, one by one the businesses closed thanks to [...]
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The Secrets of Stamp Duty
Once again, stamp duty has hit the headlines with reports released this week suggesting the tax paid when buying a property is damaging the housing market. Stamp Duty Land Tax, or SDLT, is charged by the Government on any residential property sold for more than £125,000 and is estimated to raise more than £3bn for the Treasury each year. The amount charged varies on the price paid for a property [...]
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Water Taxi Service to Create Waves in Salford
An ambitious plan to create a water taxi service linking Salford Quays to Manchester city centre could be approved by council leaders as early as next week. According to an article in Place North West, the Irwell River Park Taxi Project would provide a ferry service for commuters and leisure travellers between MediaCityUK and Chapel Wharf, close to the Lowry Hotel. Intermediate stops are proposed at the Imperial War Museum [...]
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Ordsall Partnership Extended to 2018
The multi-million pound regeneration of Ordsall has been given a further boost with the five-year extension of the partnership between Salford City Council and developer LPC Living. Today’s announcement secures the long-term future for Ordsall with plans for a further £45m investment, which includes an additional 425 homes, allotments and new public open spaces. The five-year plan will include the redevelopment of the derelict Ordsall District Centre and the adjacent [...]