Following the submission of plans for a new Lidl store at Mocha Parade, Lower Broughton, recently*, next week, councillors on the Salford City Council planning panel are likely to rubber stamp the location of a new health centre on the site where the food bank is currently situated.
To be called Riverside Health Centre, it will be a flat roofed, L-shaped building accommodating Mocha Parade Medical Practice, Lower Broughton Health Centre and Community Health Services for Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
The health centre would be at first floor level to avoid possible flooding, although the proposed three new retail units would be at ground level and thus don't comply with flood policy, or "contrary to policy FRD3" according to the planning officer's report.
The report adds that "Whilst it is appreciated that there is a significant flood risk associated with this development, the scheme has been designed so the health centre use, the more vulnerable use, is elevated and therefore at a lesser risk of flooding."
Meanwhile, despite constant hints from Salford Council over a decade that there would be room for the existing shops in the redevelopment of Mocha Parade, there are only three retail units attached to the health centre, which has drawn an objection to the proposal. The report states that "It is envisaged by the applicants that the retail units would be occupied by other health type facilities, such as a pharmacy, opticians or similar".
* For details on the plans for the Lidl store at Mocha Parade see previous Salford Star article - click here
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