Transport and Access	Proximity to key destinations: • 6 mins walk to Piccadilly Train Station and Metrolink stop (0.3 miles) • 5 mins walk to Oxford Road (0.3 miles) • 12 mins walk to city centre core / St Peter's Square Metrolink stop (0.6 mile) • 8 mins walk to Oxford Road Train Station (0.4 mile) • 10 mins walk to MMU Campus (0.5 miles) • 11 mins walk to RNCM (0.5 miles) • Falls within UoM Campus and also within easy access to MMU's campus Accessibility: • Closest convenience store located 3 minute walk (200m) west. • Restaurants, bars and other leisure uses located within a 5 – 10 mins walk north, predominantly along Oxford Road or within Circle Square. • 100m to Mancunian Way (Ring Road) for quick vehicular access. • Frequent buses run along Princess Street (western boundary) as well as access to key cycling routes.
Ground Conditions	• No ground conditions information currently available.
Ecology	• No ecological designations on the site. • No Tree Preservation Areas. • c.3 trees currently on site - note the 3:1 typical MCC tree replacement ratio.
Noise	• Possible noise impacts from heavy traffic along Princess St to 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	• The MCC Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy identifies that the north campus area should establish the corridor as a living laboratory for the development of research on the benefits of GI. • The IQ Framework identifies the creation of a significant amount of public realm within the heart of the development site.
Daylight and Sunlight	• The scheme may result in the loss of some daylight/sunlight to neighbouring properties.
Townscape and Visual Impact	• The scheme may impact the townscape however there are existing high rise developments within the vicinity.
Infrastructure Capacity (limitations)	• Potential loss of a nursery onsite – would need to be relocated to enable development. • A culverted section of the River Medlock runs beneath the southern area of the site; easements for which will need to be respected during the design process.
Buildability / Constriction Logistics	• N/A
Capacity (indicative)	• 2,550 to 2,850 bedspaces (across Plots 1-5) as per draft the Victoria Park, Charles Street and Granby Row Development Framework (not endorsed).
Viability Issues	Relocation of the nursery and hotel (which is operated by IQ and shown as moving to Bainbridge House as part of redevelopment proposals for that site in the Development Framework). Other than that, there are no specific known major constraints that would suggests any particular viability issues.
Deliverability Timescales	Status: Timescales unknown and subject to IQ / Blackstone progressing. From commencement, indicative timescales would be as follows: • Refresh of the Development Framework – will need to be considered in conjunction with the ID masterplan and on the basis of IQ's decision to refurbish their PBSA at Victoria Park, rather than selling to an affordable housing provider. – 12 months • Planning application preparations – 12 to 18 months • Determination periods: c. 4 months (16 weeks EIA app, 13 weeks major app) • Phased Construction 3-8 years. Estimated duration: First phases in 5 years to completion over 10 years.