A 28-storey tower and a revamped student accommodation site are among the key developments planned for Manchester.
Plans for various new developments, including 1,500 new homes, are to be put before the council's Planning and Highways Committee again next week.
These include a new tower apartment block in Cheetham Hill, the redevelopment of the Victoria Point student complex beside Victoria Baths, a cluster of homes in Whalley Range, and over 350 apartments on Sparkle Street, near Piccadilly Station.
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Cheetham Hill Road apartment complex
Developer Zephyr X wants to deliver a £70m project on Cheetham Hill Road, constructing a 23-storey build-to-rent tower, providing 237 apartments, ground floor commercial space and a roof terrace on the 17th floor.
The plot, fronting Cheetham Hill Road, has sat vacant for several years and was previously the plot of a car showroom and hand car wash.
Designed by Hawkins\Brown, the application says the project would provide 155 two-bedroom apartments and 82 with one-bedroom, as well as ground floor commercial space, amenity areas and bike storage.
It described the area as being 'highly sustainable' with close proximity to the city centre and public transport options. Some objections said the plans would be a 'mismatch' in architectural design and needed to be fewer stories so not to obscure balconies of those living in the Green Quarter.
Victoria Point student complex
Plans have been drawn up for an overhaul of Victoria Point, a student accommodation complex off Hathersage Road in south Manchester.
Empiric Student Property’s plans have been recommended for approval. The application had been submitted for consideration in May of this year.
Full planning permission is being sought for the demolition and part demolition of six existing buildings currently in use as student accommodation. Of the six buildings, four would be extended.
The two that would be bulldozed would then be replaced with one four-storey block and a second block 12 storeys high. The number of beds at Victoria Point would increase by 310, reaching 876 bed spaces across 694 units, ranging from studios to four-bed apartments.
The proposals, designed by Bell Phillips and 5plus, would also include communal terraces, a ground floor commercial space, along with car and bike parking facilities.
Concerns were raised in objections about the impact on privacy in nearby homes, an influx of students in the local area impacting amenities such as GP appointments and dentistry, and public transport being affected.
Sparkle Street apartments
JRL Group and Central and Urban has submitted proposals for a 359-home scheme near Piccadilly station in Manchester City Centre. The £75m plans would bulldoze vacant buildings and construct a 28-storey block.
The development drawn up by SimpsonHaugh Architects would feature obuild-to-rent apartments and townhouses. The area, that the plans say has been a 'priority for regeneration' in recent years, would see 118 one bed, 238 two bed, 3 three bed units and five townhouses built on nearby Store Street.
There would be shared amenity spaces for residents, with 11 apartments having private terraces. All homes would have Juliet balconies, with townhouses also having front gardens. The area of the site was home to industrial and storage warehouses during the 19th century.
Objections have been cast about the height of the scheme in the surrounding area, lack of affordable housing, increased traffic in the area and the infringement on privacy of other residents of nearby buildings.
Whalley Range homes
Plans have been submitted for redevelopment in Whalley Range. The site, at 136 Withington Road, is to be redeveloped by Views Holdings Ltd into 35 homes.
The new planned scheme would see the existing building partially knocked down for 31 one and two-bedroom apartments and four townhouses, two of which would feature two bedrooms and two with three bedrooms.
The plot was described as 'relatively large with green space and mature planting surrounding the existing buildings.'
Drawn up by Ollier Smurthwaite Architects, the building on site was originally a home known as Walton Cottage. It was previously used until the 1970s by the British Red Cross as an auxiliary hospital.
It was later known as the Nello James Centre that served as a community venue, named after C.L.R. James, a West Indian born cultural historian, political activist and a leading figure in the PanAfrican movement.
Objections included concerns from residents on the impact on local houses and privacy, the lack of affordability and the erection of apartments in an area populated with family homes.
