Refusing a 17 storey building IN A CITY CENTRE for blocking views of another building of a similar height seems shady. Aren’t there plans on the opposite site of the road on the Renaissance Hotel site for buildings of height in future plans too? Will these too be refused because they block views? Can we only now have one building of height at that end of Deansgate? The Speakers House scheme would massively improve that area of Deansgate and St Ann’s Square and replace the current eyesore of a building on the site.
January 22, 2021 at 12:07 pmBy Manchester Blue
The fact that the council have refused the speakers house development yet again proves just how short sighted they are. Replacing a ghastly 1960s block with something that will revitalise this part of town should have flown through, but instead, they just want to satisfy the NIMBY population in no. 1 Deansgate.
Residents fury after Manchester Council backs controversial 55 storey student tower We could put an injunction in on day one and it wouldn t get built for years
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January 14, 2021 at 12:15 pmBy Steve
All of these proposals are amazing, bar the student tower, which despite me loving the brick cladding, is far too thin.
January 14, 2021 at 12:40 pmBy Slice
All brilliant, get them all built. The last thing we should be doing as a city right now is turning down investment in good quality builds.
January 14, 2021 at 12:43 pmBy Bob
If Speakers House gets refused again, after it has been recommended for approval again, I would ask for an investigation if I was the developer. Something doesn’t feel right about it.
January 14, 2021 at 12:51 pmBy JohnBoy
There’s no need for more offices in the city. With home working now taking off and working there going to a lot of empty space in the coming years.