Patricroft Methodist Church, 8 Alexandra Road, Eccles, M30 7HJ Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2025/1295 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and erection of 30no. affordable residential apartments in 2no. three-storey buildings with associated parking, landscaping and other site works to facilitate the development Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Sept 2025
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Validated
23 Oct 2025
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Approved
17 Jun 2026

Approved on 17 Jun 2026 · Planning Panel · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Salford Planning and Transportation Regulatory Panel on 30 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because affordable housing and reuse of the site outweighed heritage harm.
  • Residents raised concerns about parking, traffic, privacy, design, heritage, construction and environmental effects.
  • The committee granted permission subject to conditions and a Section 106 agreement.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Salford's committee minutes of 30 Apr 2026.

Documents 82

Statements & assessments 39

PDF Amended - Energy and Carbon Statement Technical assessment · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Energy and Carbon Proforma Technical assessment · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Spatial Planning - Amended BNG comments Consultation response · 19 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Biodiversity Metric Technical assessment · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - The Statutory Biodiversity Metric - Technical Annex 1: Condition Assessment Technical assessment · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment Technical assessment · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Updated - Heritage Consultation response · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Updated - Drainage Consultation response · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Ground Level Tree Assessment - Bat Roosting Potential PDF · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Amended - North West SuDS Pro-Forma Technical assessment · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Amended - Flood Risk Assessment Technical assessment · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Heritage Consultation response · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk and Drainage Consultation response · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Letter (redacted) Covering letter · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy / sustainability statement Technical assessment · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded -Energy and carbon pro forma Technical assessment · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Bat Roost survey Technical assessment · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Air quality assessment Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ForHousing Parking Provision Document Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Bat Roost Assessment Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Flood Risk Assessment and drainage strategy Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - The Statutory Biodiversity Metric -Technical Annex 1: Condition Assessment Sheets and Methodology Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - North West SUDS Pro Forma.pdf Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Impact assessment Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Assessment of biodiversity baseline Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Planning statement · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Tree Survey Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Social Value Strategy Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement Design and Access Statement · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Heritage Statement Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Boundary Treatment Details Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Crime Impact Statement Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Transport Statement Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Phase I Site Investigation Report - Land Contamination Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Patricroft Methodist Church - Affordable Housing Statement Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Biodiversity metric-calculation-tool-statutory Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Land Contamination - Phase 2 Site Investigation Report Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise impact assessment Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Technical assessment · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 26

PDF Amended - Proposed Site Layout Plans · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Bin Store Details Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Block 1 Apartment Floor Plans Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Proposed Site Layout Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Illustrative Site Layout Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Block 1 Apartment Elevations Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Illustrative Street Scenes Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Waste Management Layout Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Block 2 Apartment Elevations Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Bike Store Details Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended - Block 2 Apartment Floor Plans Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Boundary Treatment Details Plans · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Hardworks and Boundary Treatments Plans · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Proposed Site Plan Plans · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations - Church Plans · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing and Proposed Elevations - Lancastrian Organ Trust Building Plans · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Floor Plan Plans · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Proposed Elevations - Alexandra Road Apartment Building Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Bin Store Details Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Location plan Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Proposed Elevations - Liverpool Road Apartment Building Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Proposed Site Layout Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Illustrative Street Scenes Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Proposed Floor Plans - Alexandra Road Building Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Illustrative Site Layout - Landscaping Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded - Proposed Floor Plans - Liverpool Road Apartment Building Plans · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction
2018 HMO Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Eccles (Salford) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £70,000 in April 2000. Terraced house, leasehold.

12 April 2000£70,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Salford
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
M30 7HJ
Received
3 Sept 2025
Validated
23 Oct 2025
Ward
Higher Irlam and Peel Green Ward
Target decision
22 Jan 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
17 Jun 2026
Decision level
Planning Panel
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 237 days from validation, 164 days slower than Salford's median of 73 for full applications. Approved, as 79% of full applications here are.

30%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Salford in the last twelve months, from validation. Salford decision record →

Public comments

15comments received
14 neutral1 supporting

7% support · below the UK average of 16%

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Mar 2026
Committee
30 Apr 2026
Salford
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#200 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Salford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #206 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Salford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #115 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #90 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #206 of 296
53%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #243 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
40 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
75 decided
737
Total decisions
76 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.