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Trafford Local Plan: Land Allocations Table of Contents – Topic Papers Topic Paper: TP1 – Pomona Strategic Location ....................................................................... 2 Topic Paper: TP2 – Wharfside Strategic Location .................................................................. 13 Topic Paper: TP3 - Lancashire County Cricket Club Quarter Strategic Location .................... 25 Topic Paper: TP4 - Trafford Centre Rectangle Strategic Location ......................................... 34 Topic Paper: TP5 - Carrington Strategic Location .................................................................. 45 Topic Paper: TP6 - Housing ................................................................................................... 56 Topic Paper:TP7 - Gypsy and Travellers ................................................................................ 79 Topic Paper: TP8 - Priority Regeneration Areas Old Trafford, Partington and Sale West and Other Regeneration Areas ...................................................................................................... 81 Topic Paper: TP9 - Transport ................................................................................................. 89 Topic Paper : TP10 - Low Carbon Growth Areas ................................................................. 107 Topic Paper: TP11 - Flood Risk ............................................................................................ 109 Topic Paper: TP 12 - Employment Land ............................................................................... 114 Topic Paper: TP13 - Town Centres ...................................................................................... 128 Topic Paper:TP14 - Stretford Town Centre .......................................................................... 137 Topic Paper : TP15 - Town Centres ..................................................................................... 149 Topic Paper:TP16 - District Centres ..................................................................................... 157 Topic Paper:TP17 - Local Centres ....................................................................................... 162 Topic Paper:TP18 - Out-Of-Centre Retail ............................................................................. 181 Topic Paper: TP19 - Historic Environment ............................................................................ 192 Topic Paper: TP20 - Natural Environment ............................................................................ 211 Topic Paper : TP21 - Green Infrastructure ............................................................................ 215 Topic Paper : TP22 - Sport ................................................................................................... 225 Topic Paper: TP23 - Open Space and Cemeteries .............................................................. 231 Topic Paper: TP24 - Green Belt, Countryside and Other Protected Open Land ................... 240 Topic Paper Chapters Trafford Local Plan: Land Allocations Topic Paper: TP1 – Pomona Strategic Location 1.0 Current Position 1.1 The Strategic Location remains largely vacant and available for development. 1.2 The planning permission for 546 residential dwellings (H/58948) on the south western end of the site has technically been implemented (through the construction of a drainage channel) although the building of the apartment blocks has not yet commenced. This technical implementation means that the planning permission now exists in perpetuity. 1.3 The only existing active uses within the Strategic Location are the scrap metal reclamation businesses (Bennett Bros. and Mancunian Spring Co.) between the Bridgewater Canal and the railway viaduct. In addition, Adamson House, a small-scale office development lies at the far western end of the Strategic Location next to the Pomona Metrolink station. 1.4 The majority of the site is in a single ownership, that of the Manchester Ship Canal Company / Peel Holdings, and this would enable most of the site to be developed out. However, the scrap metal yards would need to be acquired to complete the whole opportunity site (c.0.4 hectares of the full 10.8 hectare site). 1.5 There are a number of potential constraints to the site including the existing viaduct whereby vehicular access routes are restricted by the existing arches. In addition, a below ground parking strategy will not be feasible due to remediation issues associated with infill of docks and contamination from previous industrial uses. 1.6 Telecommunications, gas and electricity providers do not foresee any infrastructure constraints, and any requirements for reinforcement will be agreed directly with developers. United Utilities (UU) do not foresee any water provision issues for Trafford and its predicted growth. Reinforcement of the local water supply network may be necessary in this location. There are sewer capacity issues to the immediate East of Pomona Island, which signals a need to consider drainage issues. 1.7 The Bridgewater Canal opened in 1761 and was the first canal to be built in Britain without following an existing watercourse. The canal is a recognised historical regional asset and on a list of UNESCO “tentative world heritage sites”. The canal has the potential to be an attractive environment utilised for a range of leisure, tourist and cultural activities. 1.8 The Location includes a Grade II listed structure known as Brindley‟s Weir. This is Mid-18th Century culvert basin and drain sump, designed to allow the Corn Brook to flow under the Bridgewater Canal. The structure comprises a pear-shaped basin, approximately 25 metres long, bounded on the west side by the canal and on the east by the embankment wall of the Cornbrook railway junction. At its centre is a circular drain sump, about 5 metres in diameter. The brook enters the basin at its north east corner, and flows into Topic Paper Chapters Trafford Local Plan: Land Allocations the drain via a deep channel well below the level of the enclosing setts. At times of spate, the basin could accommodate large volumes of water and prevent scouring of the canal embankment. The basin and drain sump represent an important example of ancillary canal engineering associated with James Brindley, one of the most important engineers of the canal era. 1.9 The site is very accessible by public transport, with two Metrolink stations directly serving the site, and will be accessible to local shops and services and to the major employment areas within the Regional Centre and Trafford Park. Development of this site for mixed employment uses on the scale proposed will generate increased demand for and usage of existing public transport services, and further enhance the viability of these for the benefit of all patrons. Development would also open up the waterfront for safe use by pedestrians and cyclists, providing an additional important link in the network of routes in the Irwell River Park area and beyond. 2.0 UDP Policy Framework 2.1 Pomona is identified as a mixed-use Strategic Development Site under UDP Proposal E13. Specifically, Pomona is classified as a Sub-Regional Site for “…high quality strategic employment opportunities…” The policy is explicit that development which supports the strategic nature and quality of the site will generally be allowed. It is also clear that development must be “…adequately served by a sustainable integrated transport network accessible by all sectors of the community…” 2.2 Under this policy, Pomona was “…identified as a suitable site for mixed commercial and residential development, It has the benefit of a water-side location and ready access to the Altrincham-Bury and Cornbrook-Eccles Metrolink lines. It adjoins the Castlefield-St. Georges area within Manchester that has been/is being developed with a similar mix of uses.” 2.3 In addition, the role of Pomona within Trafford Park is detailed in Proposal TP2 which states that “…the Council will permit new and replacement development for office accommodation, leisure and tourism and housing in accordance with the provisions of Proposal E13 and Proposal H3…” 2.4 The policy details the reclamation of this former docks site by Trafford Park Development Corporation and some of the infrastructure put in such as the Metrolink line/station and the Ship Canal-Bridgewater Canal lock link. It is positive about the development of commercial and leisure uses on this site similar to that which has come forward at Castlefield in Manchester and at Salford Quays. 2.5 Pomona is also identified in Proposal H3 as a housing site (HOU5) capable of delivering 600 dwellings over the period April 2006 to March 2016. The allocation for this site was carried forward from the May 1996 adopted Plan. The justification for the Proposal states that: “…the Council will expect prospective developers to prepare a comprehensive Master Community Development Plan before their development is proceeded with. This Plan will be required to illustrate the intended distribution of housing, community facilities and other land uses on the site and the proposed pedestrian, cyclist, Topic Paper Chapters Trafford Local Plan: Land Allocations public and private transport access arrangements to and within the development.” 2.6 Pomona lies within the Old Trafford Priority Regeneration Area as shown on the Proposals Map. Although it is not specifically referred to in Proposal H10, the objectives for improvement set out in this policy do