5 Franklin Street Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO)

Accessible version below:

Dated: 7 October 2026

The Council of the City of Salford

City of Salford (5 Franklin Street, Eccles)

Compulsory Purchase Order 2025

The Housing Act 1985

And The Acquisition Of Land Act 1981

General Vesting Declaration

Date of Vesting

City Solicitor
Town Hall
Manchester M60 2LA

LP1/WB/SCC002-04387

1. This General Vesting Declaration is made the 7 October 2026 by The Council of the City of Salford of Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5DA ("the Authority")

   • 1.1 On 1 May 2026 an Order entitled the City of Salford (5 Franklin Street, Eccles) Compulsory Purchase Order 2025 was confirmed by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government under the powers conferred on him by the Housing Act 1985 authorising the Authority to acquire the land specified in the Schedule hereto

   • 1.2 Notice of the confirmation of the Order was first published in accordance with Section 15 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 on 10 June 2026

   • 1.3 That Notice included the statement and form prescribed under section 15(4)(e) and (f) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981

2. In exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (“the Act”) the Authority hereby declare:

   • 2.1 The land described in the Schedule hereto (being the whole of the land authorised to be acquired by the Order) and more particularly delineated on the attached plan together with the right to enter upon and take possession of the land shall vest in the Authority as from the end of the period of three months from the date on which the service of Notices required by Section 6 of the Act is completed

   • 2.2 For the purposes of Section 2(2) of the Act the specified period in relation to the land comprised in this Declaration is one year and one month

In witness whereof the Authority has executed this instrument as its Deed (but it remains undelivered until the day and year first above written)

Schedule

All and singular the land (and all interests therein) situate in Eccles in the City of Salford within the area(s) edged red on the attached plan(s) (“the Land”) together with the buildings and erections thereon and now or formerly numbered or known as:

• 5 Franklin Street, Eccles, M30 0GY (Plot 1 – registered under GM18762)

and together with the passageways and footpaths, landscaped areas, car parking areas and full and half widths of the highways and streets adjoining the lands and premises referred to above

Accessible version below:

1. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in exercise of his powers under the above Acts, on the 1st May 2026 confirmed the City of Salford (5 Franklin Street, Eccles) Compulsory Purchase Order 2025 submitted by the Council of the City of Salford.

2. The order as confirmed provides for the purchase for the purposes of providing housing accommodation of the land described in the Schedule hereto.  

3. A copy of the order as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and of the map referred to therein have been deposited at the Law and Administration Division, Customer and Support Services Directorate, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5DA and the Customer Service Centre, Ground Floor, Town Hall Extension, Manchester, M60 2LA (for Sat. Nav. use M2 5DB) and may be seen at all reasonable hours. A copy of the order and of the map may be viewed on this page. Electronic copies can also be obtained by emailing wendy.burgess@manchester.gov.uk to request a copy

4. The order as confirmed becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published. A person aggrieved by the order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from that date, challenge its validity under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.  The grounds for challenge can be that the authorisation granted by the order is not empowered to be granted or that there has been a failure to comply with any relevant statutory requirement relating to the order.

5. Once the order has become operative, the Council may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 below by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981. A statement on the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act is set out in Schedule 2 below.

6. Every person who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act in respect of the land comprised in the order (other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given), would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land, is invited to give information to the City Solicitor at PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA or by email to wendy.burgess@manchester.gov.uk about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form. The relevant prescribed form is set out in Schedule 3 below.

7. The Council has a period of three years beginning with the date the order becomes operative to serve a notice to treat or execute a general vesting declaration. The order will become operative on the date on which this notice is first published or, if the order is subject to special parliamentary procedure, the date on which the order becomes operative under the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945.

Schedule 1 - land comprised in the order as confirmed

329.48 square metres dwellinghouse 5 Franklin Street, Eccles, M30 0GY and adjoining half width of alley way to the rear and adjoining half width of public highway known as Franklin Street, Eccles (registered under title number GM18762) (Plot 1)

Dated this 10th day of June 2026

Surjit Tour
City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer

Schedule 2 - Part 1A - Form of statement of effect of parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

Power to make general vesting declaration

1. Once the City of Salford (5 Franklin Street, Eccles) Compulsory Purchase Order 2025 has become operative, the Council of the City of Salford (hereinafter called “the Council”) may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 above by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (“the Act”). This has the effect, subject to paragraphs 3 and 5 below, of vesting the land in the Council at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 2 below.

Notices concerning general vesting declaration

2. As soon as may be after the Council make a general vesting declaration, they must serve notice of it on every occupier of any of the land specified in the declaration (except land where there is one of the tenancies described in paragraph 4) and on every person who gives them information relating to the land in pursuance of the invitation contained in the confirmation notice of the order. When the service of notices of the general vesting declaration is completed, a period specified in the declaration, of not less than three months, will begin to run. On the first day after the end of this period the land described in the declaration will, subject to what is said in paragraphs 3 and 5, vest in the Council together with the right to enter on the land and take possession of it.  Every person on whom the Council could have served a notice to treat in respect of his interest in the land (other than a tenant under one of the tenancies described in paragraph 4) will be entitled to claim compensation for the acquisition of his interest in the land, with interest on the compensation from the vesting date.

3. The “vesting date” for any land specified in a declaration will be the first day after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 2 above, unless a counter-notice is served under Schedule A1 to the Act within that period. In such circumstance, the vesting date for the land which is the subject of the counter-notice will be determined in accordance with Schedule A1.

Modifications with respect to certain tenancies

4. In the case of certain tenancies, the position stated above is subject to modifications. The modifications apply where the tenancy is either a "minor tenancy", i.e.  a tenancy for a year or a yearly tenancy or lesser interest, or "a long tenancy which is about to expire". The latter expression means a tenancy granted for an interest greater than a minor tenancy but having on the vesting date a period still to run which is not more than the period specified in the declaration for this purpose (which must be more than a year). In calculating how long a tenancy has still to run, where any option to renew or to terminate it is available to either party, it shall be assumed that the landlord will take every opportunity open to him to terminate the tenancy whilst the tenant will use every opportunity to retain or renew his interest.

5. The modifications are that the Council may not exercise the right of entry referred to in paragraph 2 in respect of land subject to a tenancy described in paragraph 4 unless they first serve notice to treat in respect of the tenancy and then serve every occupier of the land with a notice of their intention to enter and take possession after the period (not less than 3 months from the service of the notice) specified in the notice. The right of entry will be exercisable at the end of that period. The vesting of the land will be subject to the tenancy until the end of that period or until the tenancy comes to an end, whichever happens first.

Schedule 3 - Part 2A - Form for giving information

The City of Salford (5 Franklin Street, Eccles) Compulsory Purchase Order 2025

To: The Council of the City of Salford (Reference: LP1/WB/SCC002-04387)

I/We being a person/persons who, if a General Vesting Declaration were executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 in respect of all the land comprised in the Compulsory Purchase Order cited above in respect of which notice to treat has not been given, would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of all / part of that land, give you the following information, pursuant to the provisions of section 15 of, or paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

1. Name and address of informant(s) (i)

2. Land in which an interest is held by informant(s) (ii)

3. Nature of interest (iii) 
   Signed 
   (on behalf of )
   Dated
   

   1. In the case of a joint interest insert the names and addresses of all the informants.

   2. The land should be described concisely.

   3. If the interest is leasehold, the date of commencement and length of term should be given. 

If the land is subject to a mortgage or other incumbrance, details should be given, e.g. name of Building Society and role number.

Accessible version below:

The Council of the City of Salford (in this order called “the acquiring authority”) makes the following order:

1. Subject to the provisions of this order, the acquiring authority is under section 17 of the Housing Act 1985, hereby authorised to purchase compulsorily the land described in paragraph 2 for the purpose of providing housing accommodation.

2. (i) The land authorised to be purchased compulsorily under this order is the land described in the Schedule and delineated and shown coloured pink on a map prepared in duplicate, sealed with the common seal of the acquiring authority and marked “Map referred to in the City of Salford (5 Franklin Street, Eccles) Compulsory Purchase Order 2025.”

Schedule

Table 1 - Qualifying Persons Under Section 12 (2)(A) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (3)

Table 2 - Other Qualifying Persons under Section 12 (2A) (a) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (5)

Table 3 - Other Qualifying Persons under Section 12 (2A (b) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 not otherwise shown in tables 1 and 2 (6)