Salford University plans for new student village in disarray

Salford University bosses may oppose private proposals for student flats because they clash with their own plans.

Manor Property Group hopes to build £60m of luxury flats on the outskirts of the campus but university managers say the proposal could undermine their own plans for a new student village.

The developer last week submitted plans for an 1,100-room building on Adelphi Street.

Just weeks earlier, Salford University approved a ‘masterplan’ to revitalise its campus, after 11 buildings were labelled ‘liabilities’ owing to age and energy consumption …

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