Great...........we can place bets on how long the shops will take to fill up!

Is a new shop opening next to coffee shop in precinct? Saw some activity there today.

Sounds very interesting   Is that opposite Lilys ? 

Just seen a planning application for change of use for 72, Flixton Road, from a shop to a mixed use comprising of a bookshop with cafe and tuition service. Sounds good for Urmston.

 

I'm having difficulty posting a link, sorry.

A planning application has been submitted for the change of use of the old Harrison's shop to a takeaway.

It's going to be a Starbucks

Does anyone know what is being built near Asda, next to the Krispy Kreme?

 

It looks like another drive through unit.

If you want to see more of the plans for Salford City Reds, there're some displays at the Museum of Museums off Barton Dock Road

 Niedermeyer

Salford City Reds Rugby, Hotel, Conference Centre and shops. The racecourse has been refused and that was going to be in Worsley.

Salford City Reds Rugby League are moving there from the Willows.

This question has probably been raised many times throughout this thread previosuly, but what exactly is going on on the land under Barton Bridge on the Irlam side of the canal?

 

Is it this much speculated upon 'racecourse' or something else entirely?

Not much difference between a Butchers and an Estate agent, both are a sharp practice.

Greggs old shop has a planning application 74971/FULL/2010 that has been passed.

What a shame it's going to be a Butchers.

 

I was hoping for another Indian Takeaway...

Had a word with the shopfitters in the old Greggs shop and they said it's going to be a butchers !

 

Anything would be better than the pigeon infested mess it was becoming.

I think I'd be more concerned about the health risks of having this plant so close to us more than what it looks like.

 

I did a search on the internet and found this information (sorry its a long post but its very important that we fully understand whats being built).

 

Most biomass installations require a certain tonnage per day to maintain the required return on investment (this will only add to our already dire traffic problem!)

 

What is Biomass? -One definition of biomass is provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory -"Biomass: Organic matter available on a renewable basis. Biomass includes forest and mill residues, agricultural crops and wastes, wood and wood wastes, animal wastes, livestock operation residues, aquatic plants, fast-growing trees and plants, and municipal and industrial wastes."

In general, biomass can include anything that is not a fossil fuel that can be argued to be organic.

 

Using Wood Waste - Wood waste can come contaminated with wood preservatives, binders, paints, glues, plastic laminating materials or other non-wood materials. It can also mean particleboard, flakeboard, plywood, fiberboard and manufactured wood which may have plastic laminates, chlorinated adhesives, or phenol and urea formaldehyde resins. Other products which have been allowed to be burned in industrial wood burners include pelletized wood pulp from mills which may use chlorine bleach. Wood pallets have been discussed as biomass fuels.

Painted wood may include lead or mercury (particularly in demolition debris). Mercury has been used as a fungicide in paint. Treated woods are usually coated with either creosote, copper chromium arsenate, or pentachlorophenol. Pentachlorophenol is a chlorinated compound which will form dioxins and furans when burned. Burning wood treated with copper chromium arsenate (CCA) will release arsenic and chromium VI. Since copper serves as a catalyst in dioxin formation, any small bit of CCA-treated wood will greatly escalate dioxin emissions from industrial wood burners.

 

What is agricultural residue: Arable crop residues such as straw or husks, Animal manures and slurries, Animal bedding such as poultry litter, Most organic material from excess production or insufficient market, such as grass silage

Agricultural residues ought to be composted or recycled into paper products, not destroyed in incinerators. Pesticides applied to crops may form dioxins when burned.

 

Taken from Peel holdings link about Biomass:

"Combined heat and power plants will be developed where possible to increase the energy efficiency of the installation where there is a complementary requirement for heat from adjoining industrial, commercial or residential developments".

Does that mean that once the biomass plant is given the green light we will see further installations?

 

"It is proposed that a small element of solid recovered fuel is also utilised to maintain fuel flexibility".

What is solid recovered fuel/ specified recovered fuel (SRF) - is a fuel produced by shredding and dehydrating municipal solid waste (MSW) in a converter or steam pressure treating in an autoclave . SRF consists largely of organic components of municipal waste such as plastics and biodegradable waste. SRF processing facilities are normally located near a source of MSW and, while an optional combustion facility is normally close to the processing facility, it may also be located at a remote location.

Another interesting point is:

The city of Manchester, in the north west of England, is in the process of awarding a contract for the use of SRF which will be produced by proposed mechanincal biological treatment facilities as part of a huge PFI contract. The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority has recently announced there is significant market interest in initial bids for the use of RDF which is projected to be produced in tonnages up to 900,000 tonnes per annum.

 

I hope their is a full and thorough consultation before this goes ahead with independent energy consultants brought in to ascertain the risks and benefits to the local population.