As the development of the much lauded Port Salford and its much bandied 10,000 jobs proceeds at a snail's pace, Salford City Council is set to embark on a land swap with Peel Investments (North) Ltd to enable a rail link to be established from the existing Manchester to Liverpool line to warehouse units related to the Port.
The railway spur is to be built, in part, over current Council owned land between City Airport and Peel Green Cemetery, so the proposal is to transfer the freehold interest of a total of 9.3acres of public open space land to Peel Land and Property Intermediate Limited, while Peel transfers 15.82acres of Green Belt land located to the rear of Brookhouse Community Centre, off Buckthorn Lane, to the Council.
"The land being transferred to Peel is of limited development value particularly given the positioning of the land in relation to airport operations and the current status of the land" states the Council report on the deal "The land acquired by the council is adjacent to other holdings and is an open tract of agricultural land which will potentially allow the council to meet other commitments including tree planting, the delivery of allotments and/or the delivery of other appropriate uses."
All financial details of the deal are being kept secret, in Part 2 of the meeting, while if anyone has any objections to the disposal of public open space they have until 4th March.
For more details on the areas of land being swapped see the main graphic – the Peel land coming to Salford Council is shaded blue, while the land going to Peel are plots 2,3 and 4.
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