Scheme would include UK鈥檚 third tallest building at 273m in height

View of the proposed octagonal tower

The scheme would contain a new public park and 10,000sq m of retail and community space

Top of the scheme's octagonal tower

Plan of the site with proposed building heights

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More details have emerged of local practice Matt Brook Architects鈥� 拢1bn plan to replace a shopping centre in Salford with 3,300 homes including the UK鈥檚 tallest tower outside London.

Salford council has now validated the outline planning application submitted by the Regent Retail Park project鈥檚 developer Henley Investment Management.

It reveals the 10-block scheme鈥檚 tallest tower could rise to as high as 273m, which would make it the UK鈥檚 third tallest building behind the Shard and 22 Bishopsgate.

The application proposes 100 more homes than the previously announced 3,200, a pedestrian bridge over the river Irwell to central Manchester and a public park.

It also sets out plans for 10,000 sq m of retail and community space to replace the existing shopping centre which Henley purchased from M&G for 拢16m in 2020.

The documents include a 149-page design code setting out Matt Brook鈥檚 framework for how the detailed elements of the scheme should look in a later reserved matters application, proposing a consistent palette of earthy-coloured facades and brick cladding.

The plans would see the demolition of all existing buildings on the shopping centre site and the phased construction of seven towers including a 75m tall octagonal tower along with three 鈥榣inear鈥� buildings rising to 135m in height.

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Top of the scheme鈥檚 octagonal tower

Henley described the 4ha island site as a 鈥減rime example of an inner-city retail park with significant redevelopment potential鈥�, with enough space to accommodate dense development and provide the necessary infrastructure.

It is located in a rapidly developing part of central Salford which also includes plans by developer Salboy for the

The project team includes landscape architect LDA Design, planning consultant Savills, project manager Buro Four, civil and structural engineer AKT II, cost consultant Gardiner & Theobald, townscape consultant Turley and environmental impact consultant Trium.

Henley is targeting vacant posession of the first phase of the site by 2026.

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