Back in February, Peel Holdings held its own consultation at the AJ Bell Stadium in Barton concerning controversial plans to change its planning permission to enable the first warehouse to be constructed at Port Salford.
Peel Holdings subsidiary, Peel Logistics, is applying to build a 26,500square meters `food logistics' warehouse, before the Western Gateway Infrastructure Scheme (WGIS) road and rail network is in place. Much to the anger of residents like Graham Payne who lives on Liverpool Road...
"All I can say is that if the Council do pass it after everything they've said from day one – that nothing will be built until the infrastructure of the road and rail network was put in place - then they're not the council they should be" he told the Salford Star at Peel's event "Agreements are put in place for specific reasons, and the specific reasons is the volume of traffic down Liverpool Road.
"We've already had one death down here last year, with a guy on a motorbike" he added "Since then they've put the three lane structure in which is a total nightmare. How many other people do they want to be hurt, or maimed, or killed? It's simple; `Do you job, do it right and stick to your agreements'."
Peel's proposals are set to go to Salford Council's planning panel next Thursday, 19th March, with a recommendation from planning officers to approve. This despite the overwhelming message at Peel's consultation event that local people disapproved, and despite four local councillors (Cllr J Mullen, Cllr M Mullen, Cllr J Kean and Cllr R Jones) objecting. Councillor Roger Jones is also Assistant Mayor for Transport in Salford.
Objections include concerns about traffic and noise and pollution impacts, and that "The applicant's plans were agreed on the basis that new road and rail infrastructure would all be in place before the site commenced operations. This should not be changed before the site commenced operations."
Planning officers responded that "The impacts of the proposed development have been assessed and it is considered that the operation of the proposed warehouse would not be detrimental to the operation of the highway network and would not be detrimental to neighbour amenity."
Meanwhile, at the MIPIM property festival in Cannes this week, Peel gave a presentation on its current and future developments, at the Mandala restaurant on the beach. Here, a spokesperson for its joint venture Port Salford partner, Culina Logistics, which hopes to open the `ambient, shared-user food and drink logistics facility', said it was part of the company's "strategy of responsible and sustainable expansion"...
Local residents, caught in the middle of the industrialisation of Barton, Irlam and Cadishead's green spaces, and facing years of traffic chaos and potential fracking nightmares, may have other thoughts...
See previous related Salford Star articles...
Residents' Road Rage Over Peel Holdings Port Salford – click here
Massive Contamination around Barton Moss IGas Drilling Site – click here
* Peel Holdings has also announced today that it intends to build £1billion worth of 3,000 apartments and commercial space called Trafford Waters on the banks of the Ship Canal near the Trafford Centre.
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