Transport and Access	Proximity to key destinations: • Adjacent to Piccadilly Train Station • 8 mins walk to Oxford Road (0.4 miles) • 13 mins walk to city centre core / St Peter's Square (0.7 mile) • 9 mins walk to Oxford Road Station (0.4 mile) • 10 mins walk to MMU Campus (0.5 miles) • 16 mins walk to RNCM (0.8 miles) • Falls within UoM Campus Accessibility: • Closest convenience store (Sainsburys) located 1 minute walk (75m) north. • Restaurants, bars and other leisure uses located within Piccadilly Station (1 minute walk) a 5 – 10 mins walk north east and north west. • Adjacent to London Road for quick vehicular access onto Mancunian Way (Inner Ring Road) • Frequent buses at Piccadilly Station (1 min walk) as well as access to key cycling routes.
Ground Conditions	• No ground conditions information currently available however site is currently used for residential accommodation / student accommodation.
Noise	• Possible noise impacts from railway viaduct, London Road and train station; however, there are precedents of other successful residential developments in this location.
Ecology	• No ecological designations on the site. • No Tree Preservation Orders. • No trees on site.
Air Quality	• This site is located within the Manchester Air Quality Management Area which is an area where proactive management measures are encouraged to address national air quality objectives.
Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy	• The MCC Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy identifies that Increasing the density of new development in certain locations can create space for green and blue infrastructure and also identifies the opportunity to establish the corridor as a living laboratory for the development of research on the benefits of green infrastructure.
Daylight and Sunlight	• Only likely to be relevant to Bainbridge House which does not have any immediately obvious adjacencies to sensitive receptors. Looking at precedents in Manchester City Centre it is not envisaged that this will be an insurmountable issue.
Townscape and Visual Impact	• Will need to be considered carefully for a scheme the scale of Bainbridge House. The rooftop PBSA extensions will need to be carefully designed along with the proposed elevational enhancements to enhance the character and enclosure of the street and be presented along with development aspirations to activate and enhance the ground floor / public realm.
Capacity (indicative)	• Beyond the Echo Street opportunity (refer to that specific pro forma) there capacity has been identified for a maximum of c.60 additional PBSA bedspaces through rooftop extension to Lambert House and Fairfield House (existing PBSA).
Infrastructure Capacity (limitations)	• N/A
Viability Issues	• We are not aware of any detailed feasibility studies to assess whether the cost of adding additional stories is viable. Likely to principally depend on whether the existing building can accommodate such further development without significant and costly structural work to the building. • There will also be continuity of trading and detailed phasing to consider an this may relate back to the overall life cycle of the existing building.
Deliverability Timescales	Given the proposals relate to the enhancement of existing buildings with modest roof extensions, and other enhancements to the external appearance and ground floor activation, it may be possible for those schemes to come forward prior to a Development Framework being endorsed with the earliest possible delivery timescale for 2024/25 academic year.