Plans to build more industrial space on former landfill in Carrington

Plans to build an industrial complex on a former landfill site in Trafford have been submitted.

The proposals for a 200,000 sq ft development for industrial use in Carrington have been sent to Trafford council by the natural resources and energy business arm of developers Peel, known as Peel NRE.

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The site, known as Peaksnook, between Manchester Road (A6144) and the Manchester ship canal is a partially restored former landfill site close to Junction 7 of the M60 and Flixton train station with routes to Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington.

The site became vacant in the 1990s and currently hosts a 20MW energy generation site to the south.

The developers say their plans to redevelop the 26-acre site support Trafford Council’s Local Plan which identifies Carrington as key location for regeneration to promote employment growth.

But Carrington residents have already criticised the way their ‘forgotten’ part of Trafford is treated by developers and the council.

The community previously slammed the authority for its approach to their area; saying they are sick of it being ‘ignored’ and treated like ‘an industrial backwater’.

And they’re not happy with the authority’s proposed solution to the congestion problem in the form of a relief road over the much-loved green space of Carrington