Content

Salford
City Council - Record of Decision
 

I, Councillor
Tracy Kelly, Deputy City Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained
within the City Council constitution do hereby:

 
1.   
Approve the disposal of land at Mossfield Road,
Swinton, to Peel L & P Investments (North) Limited on the terms
provisionally agreed, together with  the
onward sale of that land from Peel to Irwell Valley Developments
Limited.
 
2.   
Approve the transfer of the ransom strip adjacent to
the development land from Peel to the Council on the terms
provisionally agreed.
 
3.   
Authorise the Shared Legal Service to progress and
complete the associated legal formalities and the taking of all
steps required to give effect to the above
recommendations.
 
The
Reasons are:
 
Peel
L & P Investments (North) Limited (Peel) have agreed terms with Irwell Valley
Developments Limited (IVDL) to dispose of a parcel of land off
Mossfield Road, Swinton for residential development, subject to
IVDL securing planning consent for an affordable housing scheme on
the land.
 
The
access to the Peel development land, comprising a section of
unadopted highway at the end of Mossfield Road forming part of a
bus turning circle, is in Council ownership. Terms have been
provisionally agreed to grant an option to Peel to acquire the
access land as shown at Appendix B on receipt of planning approval.
In addition, Peel will simultaneously transfer a strip of land
along the development site boundary to the Council, the effect of
which will be that the Ransom Strip will preclude any additional
development taking place on Peel’s retained land to the north
without further agreement with the Council. This 0.5 metre wide
strip of land is identified in red on the plan at Appendix
C.
 
IVDL
are currently progressing a planning application for an 18 unit
affordable housing scheme, comprising a mix of affordable rent and
shared ownership homes.
 
The
above approvals will allow these proposals to progress.
 

Assessment of Risk: Low

 

The source of funding is:  n/a

 
Legal Advice
obtained: Yes - Kate
Bouchier, Shared Legal
Service
 
Financial Advice obtained: Yes - Thiamchan Forshaw, Senior
Accountant
 
Procurement Advice obtained:
n/a
 
HR Advice obtained:
n/a
 
Climate Change Advice obtained:
n/a

 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process.
Public briefing report submitted to
Property/Regeneration Briefing on 24 April 2023
 
Contact Officer:  John Nugent, Asst
Principal Development Surveyor, Regeneration Group                   
Tel No
0161 779 6072
 

 
This
decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member
/Strategic Director

The
appropriate scrutiny committee to call-in the decision is the
Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny
Panel.

 

Signed:
Councillor Tracy
Kelly
Deputy City Mayor
Date: 24 April
2023
 
 

 

*          
This decision was published on Monday 24 April 2023.

*          
This decision will come in force at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 2 May
2023 unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision-Making Process Rules.