Latest Bury New Road scheme comes forward 

Retail group BOI Trading wants to redevelop a vacant site on a key route into Manchester city centre into 136 apartments. 

The clothing retailer has lodged an application with Manchester City Council to create the five-storey residential scheme on a 1.5-acre plot next to its headquarters on Bury New Road. 

The vision for the plot, which borders Fairy Lane and is vacant following the demolition of terraced housing in the 1990s, has been scaled back since plans for the site were first lodged in 2020. 

That application sought consent for a six-storey scheme with 141 homes. However, the plans were withdrawn in March 2021.

Since then, BOI has appointed THAA Architects to redesign the project, taking over from RGP Architects. 

The revised outline proposals include five fewer apartments than the earlier iteration of the scheme. The apartments would comprise a mix of one- and two-bedroom properties, 28 of which would be designated as affordable. 

In addition, BOI plans to create around 6,700 sq ft of ground floor retail space. BH Planning & Design is advising the applicant. 

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