Cityheart secures Gateway 2 approval in Stockport
Branded as Lyme, the 16-storey block is one of three residential buildings being brought forward at the developer’s Stopford Park scheme.
The Building Safety Regulator has now given Cityheart the all-clear to proceed.
Cityheart said that this places Lyme among the first 20 buildings nationwide to reach this safety-led milestone, marking an important step forward for the project. All tall buildings must now receive specific clearance from the BSR.
Others in the region to have achieved G2 approval include Property Alliance Group’s One Cathedral Square and two buildings at Viridis’ redevelopment of the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield PBSA complex.
Lyme at Stopford Park will comprise 258 one- and two-bedroom homes, and is inked in to start later this year.
Located next to the War Memorial Art Gallery, Stopford Park is a 442-home development. Alongside new public spaces, the development will include a landscaped ‘Art Park’.
Of the other buildings, Bosden topped out in December, while Torkington, an office redevelopment, will follow with 122 build-to-rent homes.
Greg Ball, development director at Cityheart, said: “We’re really proud to reach this milestone for Lyme at Stopford Park. Securing Gateway 2 approval under the new system reflects the care and hard work our team has put into doing things properly.
“Stockport is changing quickly and we’re pleased to be playing our part in creating high quality new homes in the town centre. It’s a great moment for Cityheart and for Stopford Park.”
Nasar Ishfaq, director at R5 Consultants, which advises Cityheart on building safety, said: “Our multi-disciplinary team welcomed the challenge and opportunity to provide direction for Lyme. We defined a coordinated submission strategy which secured approval whilst maintaining flexibility and without compromising compliance. We’re excited to see construction start.”
How to create a horrible backdrop to a historical building. Well done.
By Anonymous
The Gateway 2 process – whilst understandbly necessary from a building safety perspective – is creating a significant risk that land in the most sustainable locations is not used as effectively as possible because developers are hesitent to build at a scale which means it falls into the BSR regime.
By Anonymous
Oh wow, that’s atrocious.
By Heritage Action
Visual pollution. Incredibly poor and lazy designs.
By Mike
Stockport has done some genuinely impressive developments of late. This definitely isn’t one of them.
By Rye
We need more family homes with gardens for young children so why do we insist on keep building all these homes in the sky. Total waste of money in my opinion.
By Anonymous
What is this? A shocking development behind a beautiful building. Shame on CityHeart.
By Mr Mcr
So agree with all of the comments so far ,sadly!
By Optional
Deary, deary me: that is grim.
By More Anonymous than the Others
Yikes!, that visual makes it look very low quality. The lower element should have been at three storeys to relate better to the Gallery. The use of similar materials and pallet would of greatly helped with step backs and cornicing it could of complimented rather than looking like a tired 60s office building.
By GetItBuilt!
It is far too near the Art Gallery and War Memorial. This is really bad planning. Definitely overbuilding. Looks awful. Stockport just doesn’t look after its historical buildings . Also where are the houses with gardens for families . There are no green spaces around this area for people to relax in never mind children to play.
By Anonymous
Please stop building flats no-one wants to live in. They are noisy and unhygienic places especially in Stockport who expect 9 2 bedroom flats to share one green bin which they won’t empty for months causing maggot infestations and one brown bin which is full after about a week meaning we can’t recycle very much. We don’t have the requisite number of bins per household despite paying Band D council tax and have to pay a surcharge for the black bin to be emptied.
By Anonymous