£235m Angel Meadows set for approval
FEC’s £235m Angel Meadows development looks set to go ahead after being recommended for planning approval. Manchester City Council planning officers have given the project the thumbs up ahead of a planning committee meeting to decide on the proposals next week.
Plans are to develop 756 new homes across four buildings on the site, which forms part of Manchester’s wider Noma masterplan. These include a 40-storey residential tower featuring winter gardens on every seventh storey, as well as ground-floor retail and leisure units on the site.
The scheme also includes two apartment blocks of 22 and 17 storeys, plus a new building on Mount Street housing five three-bedroom townhouses with 131 apartments on the upper floors. All the buildings will be linked to the existing Angel Meadow Park on the site.
The developer first revealed plans for the project in March this year.
City planners said:
“the scheme would have a positive impact on the regeneration” of Manchester city centre, but criticised the development for having “a negative impact on the area in terms of wider townscape quality.” “There is clearly capacity for change which could enhance the setting of adjacent heritage assets and [the] wider townscape,” the planners’ report added.
The report also stipulated the project should be phased, with a detailed phasing plan due to be submitted before works can begin.
Source: Construction News
