New Cross resi and Whalley Range LGBTQ+ scheme to progress
Manchester City Council is expected to give planning permission to CERT Property’s £28m apartment scheme and a specialist care home in Whalley Range next week.
Cross Keys Street
Credit: via planning documents
Developer: CERT Property
Architect: Tim Groom Architects
Planner: Enabl
Planning reference number: 140133/FO/2024
A site off Cross Keys Street would be redeveloped into 99 homes under CERT’s plans for a second residential scheme within the New Cross neighbourhood.
Working in partnership with Myprotein founder Oliver Cookson, CERT wants to deliver a nine-storey building with a gross development value of £28m.
The site has been used as a surface car park since 2014. Now, like several other plots within New Cross, it is in line to be redeveloped into homes as outlined in the neighbourhood development framework for the area.
CERT’s scheme features plans for 10 townhouses and 89 one- and two-bedroom apartments.
The scheme is the developer’s second in New Cross; the 81-home Peelers Yard is currently under construction.
Civic Engineers is the structural engineer for the project. Hydrock, Proximity, Layer Studio, Redmore Environmental, LK Group, E3P, and, CBRE are also working on the project.
Read the full Manchester City Council planning report
LGBTQ+ care home
Great Places Housing Group has submitted plans for LGBTQ+ extra care housing in Whalley Range, Manchester. Credit: Great Places Housing Group.
Developer: Great Places Housing Group
Architect: Triangle Architects
Planner: Mosaic Town Planning
Planning reference number: 140556/FO/2024
Billed as a “first of its kind” development, the 80-apartment scheme off Russell Road in Whalley Range would provide accommodation for people 55 years or over, with the majority of residents being from Manchester’s LGBTQ+ community.
Great Places Housing Group’s one- and two-bedroom apartment project would be built on the vacant brownfield site formerly occupied by the Spire Hospital, which was demolished in 2019.
Plans have been developed with the input of the Russell Road Community Steering Group, Manchester City Council, and the LGBT Foundation.
Rowlinson’s Construction is the appointed contractor for the scheme should the project get the go-ahead.
The project team features Simon Fenton Partnerships and SGi Consulting Engineers.
Also on the team are OFR Consultants, Urban Green, SK Transport, Design for Security, Energy Counsel, and Azymuth Acoustics.
Don’t see many balconies on these schemes. In a city deficient in green space or even decent public realm, you’d think balconies would be more of a priority for the planning department and developers as they are in more enlightened towns and cities.
By Balcony watch
Tim Groom Architects have come up with a real gem of a scheme! Aesthetics are important.
By Rye