The article in an above post says the application will be considered by Trafford Met Borough Council on February 12th. From the drawings above the proposed new road appears to be in both Trafford and Salford.

Will Peel need the OK from Salford City council as well or was the new roads in Salford part of the stadium application? Also Considering the ship canal is the border between Salford and Trafford, does anyone know which council the new bridge would need planning permission from?

Approved by Trafford Council. Not sure what the situation is regarding Salford Council.

Approved by Trafford Council. Not sure what the situation is regarding Salford Council.

Fantastic news.......I think a lot depended on this being approved by the council. The wheels are back in motion!

how long will it take to build this link road?

I don't think the link road is an issue as far as accessing the stadium is concerned as that could be done from the A57. Peel is obviously looking at the bigger picture in terms of Port Salford the airport and the new retail on the stadium site.

The new retail would obviously be more valuable if it had a direct link from the M60, this would offset the build cost of the stadium and make it more financially viable. To avoid anyone getting carried away by this news it's important to realise that this is only half the planning consent needed for the proposed new roads. It's all down to Salford City council now to rubber stamp the planning application on the new roads north of the ship canal. Although considering the whole scheme has now been given the OK by the Highways Agency after 5 years, what's the odds that some local councillors will try and make names for themselves by objecting or holding things up even further?

I'm not sure that that's actually happening any more.

That land would be far too valuable not to develop if it had a direct link from the M60!

I don't think any land has particularly high value for retail at the moment, especuially not the bulky/non food sort of stuff that was proposed.

The point I'm making is that the land is much more valuable to Peel if they have a high visability site that is accessible directly from the M60 and potentially the M62, rather than just the A57.

Regardless of commercial property conditions at present, I'm sure Peel would take a longer term view in relation to the value of the land once or if they got a full planning consent for WGIS.

Either way - as far as I know the retail is not happening.