| Transport and Access | Proximity to key destinations:
● 150m to Mancunian Way
● 11 mins walk to Oxford Road Station (0.5 mile)
● 4 mins walk to Oxford Road (0.2 mile)
● 13 mins walk to Deansgate Station / Metrolink (0.6 mile)
● 15 mins to city centre core / St Peter's Square (0.7 mile)
Accessibility:
● Closest convenience store located adjacent (36m) to the west and Spar 60m south.
● Restaurants, bars and other leisure uses located within a 5 – 10 mins walk east, predominantly along Oxford Road and Cavendish Street
● Adjacent to Mancunian Way (Ring Road)(60m north) for quick vehicular access.
● Frequent buses run along Oxford Road (5 mins walk) as well as access to key cycling routes. Buses also run along Higher Cambridge Street adjacent to the site and Cavendish Street.
● National Cycle Route (NCR) 6 is located approximately 140m west from the site, and the segregated / shared cycle route on Oxford Road is approximately 320m each of the site. |
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| Ground Conditions | ● Development is well progressed and site has therefore been remediated. |
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| Ecology | ● No ecological designations on site.
● No Tree Preservation Orders. |
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| Noise and Vibration | ● The approved noise study states noise can be controlled to ensure that internal average noise levels would be within an acceptable limit and therefore there are no impacts. |
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| Air Quality | ● This site is located within the Manchester Air Quality Management Area. |
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| Green and Blue Infrastructure | ● The MCC Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy identifies the following opportunities:
○ Green cycle routes and street tree planting on Higher Cambridge Street.
○ Potential to enhance links between parks such as All Saints Park and the city centre to improve access to green space |
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| Noise and Vibration | ● Approved Noise Impact Study concludes that internal and external noise levels are MCC compliant. |
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| Daylight and Sunlight | ● Approved daylight / sunlight assessment concludes the development will have a limited impact on the neighbouring daylight and sunlight amenity and are complaint. |
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| Townscape | ● The proposal is modest in scale within the context of taller buildings which have recently been constructed and approved in the local area, including the 19-storey Crowne Plaza hotel and the Manchester School of Architecture |
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| Capacity (indicative) | ● 62 PBSA beds as per planning permission 125654/FO/2019. |
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| Infrastructure Capacity (limitations) | ● An Opportunity to provide cycling routes along Higher Cambridge Street. |
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| Buildability / Constriction Logistics | ● N/A |
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| Viability Issues | ● N/A |
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| Deliverability Timescales | Current Status: planning permission granted, under construction.
● Planning Permission: granted May 2020
● Construction Period: ongoing.
● Targeted completion date: 2023
Estimated duration: c. 1 year. |
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| Key Findings and Recommendations | ● Infill site – planning permission granted.
● Bound by existing student accommodation to the north and south.
● Planning permission granted in May 2020 – currently under construction.
● 62 units to be delivered by c. Alumno Group |
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