Greater Manchester will be placed in the highest tier of the Government’s Covid-19 restrictions after the national lockdown ends, while Liverpool has been rewarded for its falling infection rates with a tier two placing.
Investment in science, research and technology will fuel Manchester’s post-Covid revival and cement its position as “the UK’s premier growth city”, said Louise Wyman, development director at the council, as it prepares to launch a detailed economic recovery plan.
Kevin Lowry has been appointed as director of housing at Manchester City Council having held the role in an interim capacity for the last 12 months.
Property figures are at the forefront of a new campaign looking to support for people and businesses affected by tightened Covid regulations, and to develop a “roadmap out of restrictions”.
Opposition to the proposed redevelopment of Ryebank Fields in Chorlton was “by far the single biggest message” to come out of the latest consultation on Manchester’s local plan, the city council said.
Manchester City Council has recommended allowing developer Real Estate Investment Partnerships to demolish a series of grade two-listed buildings on Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter and bring forward a mixed-use scheme.
The future of offices and a look at developments in Greater Manchester and Liverpool are among the topics under scrutiny at Place conferences in September.
The council aims to update the Our Manchester Strategy, launched in 2016 as a blueprint for creating a healthy and prosperous global city by 2025.
The mixed-use redevelopment of the Mayfield Depot near Piccadilly station is to receive £23m alongside other Greater Manchester projects, such as Glenbrook's STOK and an innovation hub in Hulme, chosen for a Government funding boost.
Louise Wyman, strategic director of growth and development at Manchester City Council, is embarking on the biggest placemaking rethink the city has seen in years, to include a heavier focus on design, public realm and “spaces between buildings”, and a shake-up of appointed consultants to improve competition.
