Droylsden Marina, Droylsden Wharf Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester M43 6GN

National Online Auction 18th - 19th August 2025

Canal Side Residential Development Site - Planning For 32 no. Apartments

The site occupies an idyllic Canalside position overlooking the entrance to Droylsden Marina and Rochdale Canal (Lock 18).
Extending to approximately 0.28 acres / 0.11 hectares the corner site was previously granted planning permission (refs. 03/01000/R3D (outline) and 06/00226/REM (reserved matters)) for 32 apartments (11 one bedroom and 21 two bedroom) within a seven storey building. Permissions, site location plans and apartment drawings (plans and elevations) are available from the Tameside Council Planning website.
Previous permission benefits from no affordable housing requirements and no section 106 agreement.
Development granted by these permissions has been partly delivered. A planning case officer's report for a later permission (ref. 11/00583/FUL) states "the site benefits from a partly implemented mixed use consent system (06/00226/REM) which included 383 dwellings" and "Site 4, at the junction of the Canal and Marina basin has been excluded from this current proposal due to uncertainties regarding the preferred design of that part of the site". The later permission (ref. 5408-SK10H) shows vehicle access to the rugby ball site being maintained by that permission.
The site is allocated within the Tameside Unitary Development Plan (2004) under Policy E2(4) for a mix of uses, including residential.

The site forms part of the wider redevelopment of Droylsden’s canal quarter, south of Manchester Road, including the creation of a marina on the Ashton Canal.
Several phases of residential development have been carried out by Watkin Jones to date nearby to the site and this quadrant section remains undeveloped.

Please refer to the plan included in the data room and attached to the Transfer.

Site context: This parcel and the wider “Wharf Development” forms part of a previous brownfield site brought forward for development.

The surrounding area has recently delivered more than 100 homes, as well as the marina.
Droylsden is conveniently located approximately 4 miles east of Manchester city centre and is linked via road and tram, with Droylsden tram stop situated on Manchester Road (A662).

Tenure: Freehold
Title number: MAN98995
Local Authority: Tameside

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Tenure: Freehold

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