Transport and Access Proximity to key destinations: ● 13 mins walk to UoM Campus (0.6 miles) ● 10 mins walk to MMU Campus and RNCM (0.5 mile) ● 13 mins walk to city centre heart / St Peters Square (0.6 miles) ● 11 mins walk to Oxford Road Station (0.6 miles) ● 20 mins walk to Piccadilly Station (1 mile) ● 10 mins walk to Oxford Road (0.5 miles) Accessibility: ● Closest convenience store located 5 minute walk (200m) north along Medlock. ● Restaurants, bars and other leisure uses located within a c.5 mins walk north/ northeast (at First Street) and to the northwest (at Deansgate Square). ● A bus service runs along Medlock Street (3 mins walk). ● Access to key cycling routes along Oxford Road and to the west towards the Great Jackson Street area.
Ground Conditions ● No information available. Current use as hotel and surface level car parking and therefore contains no uses which may lead to known significant contamination.
Ecology ● No ecological designations on the site. ● No Tree Preservation Orders.
Air Quality ● Located within the Manchester Air Quality Management Area which is an area where proactive management measures are encouraged to address national air quality objectives..
● Careful consideration required, including in relation to proposed ventilation, given site's adjacency to Mancunian Way.
Noise ● Potential noise considerations and associated mitigation given site's adjacency to Mancunian Way.
Green and Blue Infrastructure ● Current proposals (as per public consultation) include three main areas of public realm – including a pocket park.
Daylight and Sunlight & Wind ● Consideration required to neighbouring residential buildings immediately to the north and west of the site – potential daylight and sunlight impacts. Subject to further testing as part of ongoing planning application process. ● Wind effects in combination with adjoining tall buildings will need to be carefully considered.
Townscape and Visual Impact ● The site is located at the southern gateway of the city centre on a main junction. Presents an opportunity for increased scale and massing on the site, as set out in the First Street Development Framework Addendum (2020).
Capacity (indicative) ● c.1000 PBSA bedspaces, as per public consultation launched September 2022 by Whitebread and Dominvs Group. ○ C.1000 bedspaces within one PBSA buildings across 37 storeys ● Workspace is also proposed within the eastern section of the site, fronting Medlock Street – 13 storey building with c. 36,000 sqm commercial floorspace.
Infrastructure Capacity (limitations) ● TBC – will be reviewed during the planning process. There is a significant amount of high density development happening in the vicinity.
Viability Issues ● This is a very high density scheme which will significantly increase land value over and above the existing hotel.
Deliverability Timescales ● Status: Planning Pending – public consultation launched September 2022 (planning application submitted but not yet validated). ● Once validated, the application should take circa 16 weeks to determine. ● If it is approved, then construction may realistically start within 12 months with a construction period of circa 3 years. ● Estimated duration: c.4-5 years