McCarthy Stone’s Proposal for Retirement Apartments in Cadishead has been Rejected by Salford City Council planners.
The property companies attempt to develop a 51-apartment retirement scheme on a site which it acquired in Cadishead has been blocked by Salford City Council.
This site was previously earmarked for homes by the now-collapsed developer Lane End, and has a contentious history regarding planning permissions.
In 2021, Lane End secured a resolution for 58 apartments on Liverpool Road. However, McCarthy Stone, which acquired the plot earlier this year, has faced rejection for its proposal. The plan included 36 one-bedroom and 15 two-bedroom apartments, all within a three-storey block.
Salford City Council rejected the application (reference number PA/2024/0129), citing six reasons. The council expressed its concerns over the height of the project, despite it being consistent with Lane End’s previously approved scheme.
The decision notice made criticism of the proposed building for introducing a “significant scale and density,” failing to respect or positively contribute to the local context.
The council further described the development as being “overbearing and oppressive,” noting that it “turns its back” on Liverpool Road.
The site, which formerly housed The Lion pub, three industrial units, and an art centre, has since been cleared of these buildings.
For more details on the rejected proposal, you can search the application reference number PA/2024/0129 on Salford City Council’s planning portal.
The origin of the pub, called the Red Lion Inn when it opened, goes back approximately 200 years and by the 1880s the pub was known as the Lion Hotel but in the 1890s it was being referred to as the Red Lion Hotel, for many of its earlier years the sign on the front of the pub was that of an African red lion rampant and locals referred to the pub as The Lion.
The pub was quite unique in this area in that its easterly gable end was built at an obtuse angle to the pub front and follows the line of Green Lane which runs alongside it.
There were stables at the back which may suggest that the pub was a place where horses were kept and used on the Manchester to Warrington turnpike coach road in the past.
Sadly the pub ended up the same as many other pubs across Salford, demolished and remembered fondly in memories and pictures.
