Now demolished
The Green Lane site, owned by Sky Properties, has historically been used for heavy industry and is the former Mitchell & Shackleton works. After founding the company in 1887, when work on the Manchester Ship Canal began, Ernest Mitchell relocated his engineering works to the Green Lane premises in 1908, before joining forces with Edwin Shackleton to create a successful crank shaft manufacturing and repair company with a worldwide customer base.
More recent industrial activity on the Green Lane site includes iron forging by North West Forge, reconditioning of large vehicle engines by Paul Gardner Engineering and chemical processing by Plasticon and Levertech. All of these businesses were operational when the site was purchased by Sky Properties, after Mitchell & Shackleton went into receivership in 2003.
The site has been subject to a number of incidents of criminal damage, dumping hazardous materials, arson attacks and attempts at squatting by gypsies in 2007. When Sky Properties purchased the land it was deemed too toxic to enter by the surveyors.
Town Hall planning officers have recommended that Sky Properties' proposals for the Green Lane Eco Park should be approved by Salford Council's planning panel
In June 2011, planning permission was refused for the Green Lane Eco Park.
The Green Lane site, owned by Sky Properties, has historically been used for heavy industry and is the former Mitchell & Shackleton works. After founding the company in 1887, when work on the Manchester Ship Canal began, Ernest Mitchell relocated his engineering works to the Green Lane premises in 1908, before joining forces with Edwin Shackleton to create a successful crank shaft manufacturing and repair company with a worldwide customer base.
More recent industrial activity on the Green Lane site includes iron forging by North West Forge, reconditioning of large vehicle engines by Paul Gardner Engineering and chemical processing by Plasticon and Levertech. All of these businesses were operational when the site was purchased by Sky Properties, after Mitchell & Shackleton went into receivership in 2003.
The site has been subject to a number of incidents of criminal damage, dumping hazardous materials, arson attacks and attempts at squatting by gypsies in 2007. When Sky Properties purchased the land it was deemed too toxic to enter by the surveyors.
Town Hall planning officers have recommended that Sky Properties' proposals for the Green Lane Eco Park should be approved by Salford Council's planning panel
In June 2011, planning permission was refused for the Green Lane Eco Park.
