Manchester's Powerful New Legal Clampdown On Resi Conversion
June 26, 2018

Manchester's Powerful New Legal Clampdown On Resi Conversion

Manchester City Council is preparing to use a powerful piece of legislation to clamp down on the conversion of office and light industrial premises into residential schemes, Bisnow can reveal.

The Article 4 direction, which is expected to apply throughout the city centre and in other key locations, is in addition to the existing exemption for parts of the city centre under the permitted development rights rules which have operated since 2013.

The extended proposal would protect office space from residential conversion in a much wider area, matching the city centre boundary identified in the Strategic Plan for Manchester City Centre 2015-2018, as well as the Oxford Road Corridor, Hulme, Strangeways, Ancoats and New Islington.

Industrial floorspace would be protected from residential conversion in the north and east of the core city centre, including the area surrounding Piccadilly station, Ancoats and part of Oldham Road, the Irk Valley and Strangeways, a report posted on the…

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The £200M St Michaels development now has planning permission — but delivery could be even more complicated. If you have news or views email david.thame@bisnow.com