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Mulbery Homes submit planning application for 134 new homes on Great Ancoats Street.
LYMM-based affordable housing developer Mulbery Homes have submitted plans for an eight to fourteen-storey, 134-apartment PRS scheme at 74-88 Great Ancoats Street (on the corner of Port Street).
The new development – due to be completed by mid-2017 (should planning be approved) – will include a mix of studios, one, two and three bedroom flats with balconies. Apartments will range from 400 sq ft to 900 sq ft and all types will meet the newly adopted London Design Guide Space Standards, according to Mulbury.
Greg Mulligan, a director of Mulbury Homes, said:
“This is an exciting and inspiring scheme that will offer quality city living in the private rented sector. While this is our first PRS scheme, we’re already looking at a good number of city centre development opportunities in Manchester to complement our portfolio of homes for private sale and our affordable housing developments across the North West.”
Tim Groom, director of Tim Groom Architects, said:
“Great Ancoats Street is such an important route into the heart of Manchester and is on the doorstep to the Northern Quarter and New Islington. We’ve worked hard on the design to help knit back together what has become a disjointed and, in places, run-down street scape. The design of the apartments and the buildings reflect the increasing demand in the city centre for larger homes as well as the more traditional studio spaces.”
If planning is granted work could start on site in January 2016 and completed by mid-2017.