A revised vision of the former Curzon cinema to turn it into a networking hub and a “local icon” replaced earlier plans to convert the building into apartments.
The faith-based organization CRC has acquired the site, near Bowfell Road in Urmston, and is collaborating with Brass Architecture to expand proposals to reuse the area for the benefit of residents.
The aim is to give a new lease of life to the building, which ceased to be a cinema in 2008 and has been empty for several years.
The CRC’s plans call for a complete phased renovation that will include a cafeteria on the ground floor and offices on the ground floor.
The main auditorium on the first floor, as well as the Grand Foyer on the first floor, will be back in operation. The CRC, which lately operates from a site near Brook Road, will use construction on Sundays.
According to Ricky Sellars, co-founder of Brass Architecture, the upgraded Curzon Cinema can only be used for meetings, classes, receptions, and occasions through small businesses, networking teams, and local residents.
“Our proposals for the redevelopment of the former Curzon Cinema in Urmston will restore this valuable building to its former glory,” he said.
“It will be a networked institution, a local destination and a local icon. The building will be a fashionable theater.
The CRC and Brass are finishing submitting a building permit application for the task before the end of the month and have issued an information bulletin to local citizens about the scope of the proposals.
Last year, developer Raynor Rowen halted plans to turn the building into 42 after backlash from citizens and Trafford City Council.
Sellars said the revised proposals are aimed at gaining advantages for the local community.
“We believe that the redevelopment of these architectural assets in the network deserves to prioritize the wishes of the surrounding population,” he said.
“Our duty is to ensure that this construction adds value to Urmston for decades to come. We believe that our work makes this possible.
“Our proposals are a win-win and we are proud to submit them for approval. “
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Wouldn’t it be like. . . cinema?
By Will
Well, it probably wouldn’t be a decent Lidl, not after the Wavertree debacle. . . . . . . . . . . . .
By Bob Dawson
There is no parking nearby and it would rival the nearby Trafford Centre cinema.
By anonymous
Excellent use of an iconic building.
By anonymous
We hope this brings the network together in those difficult times, what a glorious idea. . . .
By anonymous
This turns out to be a wonderful app for a horny building, it can be delivered.
By anonymous
I can’t wait to see the Curzon come to life.
By anonymous
It’s not a theater, it’s a church.
By anonymous
It would be great to see more Curzon branches in the north.
By anonymous
Parking?
By Armitage Julie
A wonderful idea, perhaps it will simply incorporate youth clubs for teens and activities that the region lacks.
By Bernice Kelly
I am fundamentally opposed to any advance of any religious facet because I do not believe that religion, whatever it may be, combines a field. I would love to see this iconic building become a theater and event space. That said, they may simply offer compensation.
By Chris
So it’s going to be a church.
By anonymous
It’s going to be amazing for businesses ?.
By anonymous
It’s an idea. I went there several times a week as a kid and it was full of clever memories.
per invoice
I think we want a youth club for the kids, to get them off the streets and keep them from getting into trouble, that’s what we’re missing here, even with that, the kids want a stall to go to.
By Kirsty Smith
Personally, we don’t think it’s the most productive use of a beautiful building – a church with some network spaces?There is already a huge parking challenge in this area. Has this been resolved?
By anonymous
Exciting times This build deserves a moment of opportunity.
By anonymous
A place where teenagers can simply be great: with pool tables and ping-pong tables, in all likelihood boxing practice, etc.
By anonymous
Bright! A network hub for our domain is just the concept of a much-loved construct that will remain in this domain for all to enjoy.
By Elizabeth Holland
It seems like a much-needed development, in keeping with the characteristics of the area.
By Clive Thomas
Good idea. It would be wonderful for Urmston to have his own theatre and be able to use it through other equipment in the network as well.
By anonymous
I live just a few hundred meters from this iconic building. I have not received any inquiries about its development. I am pleased that the new proposals are moving forward.
By Kirsten Euteneuer
For such a beautiful building, why can’t it be restored to its original use?My grandson said that if he had enough money, he would buy it and turn it into what movie theaters were, with ice cream in between. I’m sure families in and around Urmston would love to take their kids there.
By Carole
Sounds great, coffee is popular, and “outside of Urmston” activities are a big plus: yoga or sports classes, especially for retirees/less mobile, knitting, crocheting or sewing groups, activities for toddlers and new moms, recommendation or data sessions. – Personally, I would love tai chi and/or art ? classes
By GWB
Impressive. . . Such an iconic construction definitely returns to its former glory. Great news.
By anonymous
Getting the building back up and running in some will be a huge improvement over the dilapidated symbol it has lately.
By Matt
By anonymous
I’m just making sure of those TBH apartments. Why not go back to what it was?
By anonymous
By Emma Hayes
A wonderful idea. It would also benefit local people through artistic events, young people and the elderly. Good luck.
By anonymous
Excellent! Planning service. . . Approve this submission for network ?? smarts
By Bill Outhwaite
A use of a precious piece from many of our stories.
By April
People complain that it’s a church. . . What have you already contributed to society or to the community?Fantastic use of the area and wonderful that it doesn’t turn into drab apartments!
By anonymous
Good point! It is an imaginative project, sensitive to the heritage of the building. And since it’s an evangelical church, it will most likely be finished by Sunday.
per rye
Personally, I think it’s a wonderful initiative for the community, someone is looking to do something big to improve this area, whether it’s the church or not, the church can be a component of it but it contributes in a valuable way to society, and Will. It would be wonderful if all the incentives discussed came true!So I say bravo!
By anonymous
By Big Manc Whopper
The CRC (this edition originated in South Africa, although there are others with similar names) is in no way intended to create a position and an asset for the entire Urmston network. As astute as its online page and PR are, it’s a fundamentalist church with deeply regressive social perspectives (it excludes LGBT people in particular, for example) that is very willing to have its members submit to the authority of their leaders, so much of the local network won’t be welcome at all. Undoubtedly, from a planning standpoint, this type of church attracts members from a vast territory, so parking is a nightmare.
For Fake Winnings
A wonderful concept and task for the advantages of the local community. Urmston and other nearby spaces will benefit from the transformation of the old movie theater into an asset to the community at large. ?????
By anonymous
Personally I think it’s a wonderful initiative for the community, whether it’s church or not, it will raise the price of the other things they are offering that leave the construction there like a plague in the eyes, at least someone is watching. put it to smart use. It’s very smart for them and I can’t wait to see it when they’re done.
By anonymous
thats good
By anonymous
This sounds like a wonderful task and can be an advantage for Urmston and the region as a whole. It is wonderful to see the building restored and put back into use. A much better solution than the previous scheme (such as apartments), let’s cross our hands that this one will come to fruition.
By Richard Foster
That’s a wonderful idea. I live in Stratford, but older people and young people can come in and other people will rent an area in the building. I’m thankful it’s not so flat. I hope you make it, well done, you take care of other people and don’t cash all the time.
By Malcolm Powell
I’m not religious, I’m not afraid, and I don’t discriminate against those who are. The preservation of the building is paramount. The plans offer many possibilities for outdoor use of Church activities, and without saving the building, the prestige quo remains (it wouldn’t be cool enough to carry it out at the level that others might over time. . . )
by ted
Good news, good luck with the project!
By Patrimoine Action
Big plans and citizens will get advantages from a local network center where we can meet for coffee and meet other citizens.
By Susan Connolly
Just reopen it as a cinema. It’s been the same since the Curzon closed.
By anonymous
A church? In an increasingly secular society, is there a need for this?
By pragmatic
One might think that most of the comments here come from normal PNW readers and not just church members who posted because an official there had said so. They know that all submissions must go to Trafford Planning with their names and tactile details. , isn’t it?
By Artificial Grass
I used to take my son to this theater when he was younger, he liked the movie to stop halfway for ice cream. He is now almost 30 years old and still remembers going to the movies and we also went to the sports center where he took karate lessons and I learned to swim there. It is a very sad loss for Urmston to lose film and construction to gain advantage from other people and no one else.
By Maxine Reed
What an idea, we’d all like to have a committed position to entertain ourselves locally.
By Mary McPartland
My local cinema as a kid and then staged musicals for the local amateur theatre society!Happy memories!
By anonymous
This can aggravate the already serious parking problems on the surrounding roads, with the consequent danger to pedestrians and other road users.
By anonymous
I am very pleased that plans to convert Curzon into apartments have been abandoned and that a network centre for Urmston and the local citizens has been approved. It’s very necessary and I’m moving forward with those plans.
By June Axon
by a
I live on Balfour Road, right on Curzon, and I’m totally opposed to it. This is going to cause a lot of disruption for me and the other local residents.
By anonymous
Beautiful pictures, but I’d like to see some wonderful and talented little architecture firms get their chance here in the city, and not a London firm which, by any measure, is also talented, but local wisdom here can help.
By anonymous
This would be a great Wetherspoons to upgrade the existing clearance on Flixton Rd.
By Bob.
By Zaynab
It doesn’t make sense. There comes a time when any building, no matter how attractive or iconic, has outgrown its purpose. This is the case here. Everything deserves to be demolished, as well as the (now dilapidated department store) located on the same site. The place deserves to be used for affordable housing. Trafford City Council continues to assert its commitment to providing ‘social housing’. the possibility of fulfilling that commitment.
There are other local buildings that can be described simply as iconic. The pool on the adjacent site would be a prime example of this: it existed thirty years ago. The Brook Road Library is a wonderful example of this, but it is a library and it is not fit for any other use: so it happened.
FWIW, I’ve used Curzon, Brook Road Pool
By anonymous
“The task is to give a new lease of life to the building, which ceased to be a cinema in 2008 and has been empty for several years. “
The building has NOT been empty for several years now. Until recently it was used as a theatre, level and dance school.
If the proponents of this task can be trusted to rectify those fundamental facts, they can be trusted. . . period.
By anonymous
It may open as an Everyman cinema that also screens the National Theatre live.
By Irene Coulson
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The city council is asking for a spousal acquisition so that it can move forward with infrastructure works that allow the regeneration and progression of the area.
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