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Proposed Riverdale Development

This was the original plan of Regalian Properties for Kersal Way. They demolished 8 blocks and left Shelley, Spencer, Cowper and Blake House still standing. The plan was to build houses all over Kersal Way as well as renovating all the flats. The developers were legally obliged to maintain Kersal Way as a passable highway. After building a few houses, and developing Shelley and Spencer they realised that they could not make this work so handed the estate to the Council and cleared off leaving the site in a mess. In 1999 Salford Council had to pay to have Blake and Cowper House demolished. To add insult to injury Regalian Homes received a £5,152,000 grant to create this development in 1990. The University of Salford had offered to take over the estate for student residences, upgrade and maintain the estate and they would hand it back after 50 years. They asked for a £5m grant and it was refused. Hence the predatory developers swooped in milked the public purse, made some money and fled leaving the place in an absolute mess. If Kersal Flats had been given to the University and then handed back this estate alone could have solved more than 10% of the housing list problem in the City.

For more go to www.kersalflats.co.uk

Taken in: UK / England / Broughton (show map)

Taken on: July 30, 2023

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