Detailed designs for 176 new homes on farmland near Worsley have been submitted to Salford City Council that give the first clear picture of what the development will look like if it goes ahead.
Taylor Wimpey Manchester has lodged a reserved matters application for the scheme that covers the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of homes planned for land at Hazelhurst Farm, on the edge of Hazelhurst, north east of Worsley.
The development will be split into two areas, known as “Hazelfields” and “Richmond”, which together would offer one, two, three and four bedroom properties including maisonettes, apartments, mews houses, and semi-detached and detached family homes.
Landscaping plans include a linear park and a village green with play equipment. Three smaller “pocket parks” are also proposed along with new ponds, water features and extra tree planting. The existing Salford Trail public footpath would be kept. New and improved footpaths and cycle routes are also planned. A new buffer of planting is proposed along the A580, to help screen the site from the road.
The application covers land that already has planning permission in principle as Salford City Council granted hybrid consent for the wider site in 2023. This included full permission for 155 homes on the south western part of the land that would be reached from Cartmel Grove and Richmond Drive.
Outline permission was also granted for up to 245 further homes that covers up to 3,500sqm of later living accommodation and a two form entry primary school, accessed from Hazelhall Close.
The wider scheme has faced significant local opposition. When the original outline application went before Salford’s planning panel last year, it drew up to 386 letters of objection. Residents raised concerns over the loss of green belt land, congestion on Hazelhurst Road and the A580, flood risk, pressure on local schools and GP surgeries, and the affordability of the homes. Some local councillors also objected. Planning officers recommended approval regardless, arguing the scheme would deliver much-needed housing, and the panel granted consent in March 2025.
The site itself contains no listed buildings, though it sits close Hazelhurst Hall Farmhouse, a grade II listed 18th century farmhouse about 50 metres to the south, and St Mary’s RC Cemetery, a locally listed Interwar cemetery around 100 metres to the north, across the A580. A site visit states they are already screened from the development site by existing buildings, roads and woodland and a belt of woodland was planted specifically to screen views.
The assessment concludes the development would cause no harm to either heritage asset. It says Salford City Council could meet its legal duty on listed buildings if it grants permission.
The land is currently open fields and woodland. It was historically used for farming and, in the 19th century, for coal mining. The former Saunderson Colliery on the site closed in 1886. The land now sits between the A580, St Mary’s RC Cemetery and the existing Hazelhurst housing estate.
Salford City Council has yet to decide on the application.
