Manchester practice Jeffrey Bell Architects has submitted plans for a 23-storey residential tower on the outskirts of the city.
Backed by Silverlane Developments, the £50 million Church Street scheme near Eccles railway station features 272 apartments as well as commerical and retail space on the ground floor.
As we covered in our start of year blog, consultation on the new draft of the GMSF has begun and will run for a period of 8-weeks until 18th March 2019.
One of the key questions for this round of public consultation will be whether the Mayor’s re-written plan addresses concerns over loss of Green Belt land, and ultimately whether it strikes the right balance between development locations.
So how does the consultation draft stack up?
Published alongside the Autumn Budget late last month, the findings of Sir Oliver Letwin’s review into the root causes of England’s low ‘build out’ rates have been eagerly awaited by the planning and development industry.
The review, announced by last year’s autumn budget, has identified what Sir Oliver considers to be the main roadblocks to faster housing delivery, and suggests a number of changes should be made to the way in which the large house builders, planning profession and wider process of land valuation operate.
Good things come to those who wait, and, as many have already pointed out, this year’s Autumn budget arrived early in the week…
We have listed some of the announcements we think will be crucial to the planning and development industry in the coming months.
It will have been hard to miss the sheer volatility of 2018 on the retail industry, whether it be misery for stores reminiscent of our high streets, at out of centre retail parks, or somewhere in the middle.
With the release of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) during what is turning out to be one of the hottest summers on record, much attention has turned toward how planning policy is guiding the adaption of cities to the challenges posed by climate change. This has been stoked by the publication last week of the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) report setting out the risks posed to UK cities by the increasing regularity of extreme and unpredictable weather events.
Priory Meadow, Hastings – NJL Consulting supports the ongoing asset management
19th March 2019
A kick start to Eccles Town Centre regeneration
15th March 2019
GMSF 2019: The right direction for Manchester?
29th January 2019
Approval at Bury Planning Committee for Land at Chamberhall
23rd January 2019