Work starts on Timekeepers Square

THE regeneration of the Chapel Street area of Salford is continuing apace as the first sod has been cut at the latest residential development, Timekeepers Square.

The 36-home townhouse scheme, which is being developed by Salford City Council and English Cities Fund (ECf), is behind St Philip’s Church and across the road from Vimto Gardens – the scheme’s first fully completed mixed-use development.

Salford City Mayor Ian Stewart and Matt Crompton, joint managing director at Muse, marked the second phase of building work on the 2.36 million sq ft Salford Central regeneration scheme by breaking the ground.

They were joined by key members of Salford City Council, Urban Vision, English Cities fund, Muse and John Turner Construction Group.  

Named due to its proximity to a number of clock faces, including those at St Philip’s Church, Timekeepers Square will deliver the townhouses to the city centre in a Georgian-style development in keeping with the conservation area off Chapel Street.

Plans for the development were approved in March 2015, with the first homes due to be available for purchase in 2016.  The homes are set to be popular, having already received over 400 buyer registrations.

Already an award winner, Timekeepers Square won best unbuilt project in the Manchester Society of Architects Awards 2015, thanks to the development’s classic architectural style.

Crompton said: “Today marks the start of the exciting next phase of this forward-thinking development. Providing affordable, quality housing is paramount to what ECf set out to achieve in Salford and Timekeepers Square is set to be a prime example of that when it completes.”