manchester development update may 2016

MANCHESTER DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
MAY 2016
AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 2016-MAY 2016
Ed Howe
May 2016
Headline Information
This hasn't been a record-breaking 3 months but it has certainly felt like one. The number of projects Under
Construction has increased, and the pipeline number of projects has also continued its upward trend. Renaker
hasn't hung about in submitting a planning application for their Owen St towers, which should be Under
Construction by August 2016.
Projects starting construction….
X1 have started construction on Phase 2 of their scheme in New Islington; while at First St Number 8 has also
begun construction and will become the headquarters for Gazprom Energy upon completion. X1 has already
started construction on phase 1 of their MediaCity scheme, but now Phase 2 (also a 26-storey tower) has
started construction as well.... also in Salford Quays, Amstone have begun building Phase 1 of their Clipper's
Quay scheme and Ordsall's regeneration has started in earnest with 207 apartments at Bridgewater Point
having started construction as well.
In what has been a blow to the number of apartments U/C in the City Zone, the Angelgate scheme behind
Victoria station has actually moved down out of the construction section: this is due to a squabble between the
developer and the contractor, but should be resolved soon meaning construction can restart. Other schemes
starting construction soon include the Axis Tower; X1 The Gateway at Salford Quays; 47 Houldsworth St and
Manchester Life's two schemes at Leaf St and Royce Rd in Hulme. Also phase two at Stanley St and the Angel
Gardens Tower are all anticipated to start construction before August.
Projects which have been approved….
Approved projects this quarter include the Airport redevelopment megaplan: involving the demolition of Terminal
1 and the total rebuilding of Terminal 2 to offer capacity for 50 million passengers at Manchester Airport. Oxygen
Tower (31 floors, 343 apartments); The Crescent (24 floors, 405 apartments); and Gore St (21 floors, 375
apartments) have all gained approval alongside numerous smaller projects such as 142 apartments at Gresham
Mill in Ordsall; 86 apartments at DeTrafford's City Gardens scheme in Hulme and the Salford University School
of Engineering.
Projects which have filed for planning permission...
We now have planning applications for the Exchange Court Tower (44 floors, 350 apartments); Owen St towers
1, 2, 3 & 4 (62, 43, 48 & 52 floors, 1,300 apartments); Affinity Tower (33 floors, 318 apartments), the entire
Circle Square masterplan (390,000sqft of office space, 677 apartments and 1028 MSCP spaces); and Exchange
Quay (23, 15 floors, 45 bedroom hotel, 132 apartments and 14,000sqft of office space) - as well as numerous
other smaller applications totalling about 70,000sqft of office space; about 1000 apartments and 300 hotel
rooms.
Projects Under Construction
- Salford | Salford University Gateway, New Adelphi | 7 floors | £55m
- X1 Salford Quays Phase 3 | 60 apartments | 6 floors
- X1 Salford Quays Phase 2 | 2x6 floors | 120 apartments, £2
- "HouSe” Urban Splash, New Islington, 44 family homes 2&3fls, £10m
- The Point | New Islington Phase 2 | 30 Apartments | 4 floors, £20m
- 56 Dale St Piccadilly | Refurbishment into 26 new apartments, £2m
- South Manchester | MAG World Logistics Hub, Enterprise Zone
- 8-10 Southern St | 2 four storey townhouses | Off Deansgate’
- City Zone | Cambridge St | 15 floors apartment block
- Cornerhouse Conversion | Metropolitan University School of Theatre
- Embankment 101 Office Block | 11 floors | 180,000sqft, £56m
- XYZ Building, Spinningfields | Offices | 9 floors | 160,000sqft, £20m
- Cambridge St | 22 floors apartment block | 282 apts (altogether)
- Salford | Greengate | 21 floors | Apartments
- Residenza, George Leigh St Ancoats | 14 townhouses w/ gardens
- Salford Dock Office | Conversion to 67 apartments, £2m
- Greengate | 31 floors | Apartments 497 apts (altogether)
- City Zone | Freemasons Hall Bridge Street Redevelopment, £2m
- Wilburn St | Block A | 21 floors, apartments | 500 apts (altogether)
- Salford | Wilburn St | Block B | 10 floors, apartments
- Cambridge St | 28 floors apartment block, £21m (altogether)
- Oxford Street Cross-Town Bus Priority & New Cycle Lanes
- “Tomorrow”, Premier Inn MediaCityUK | 60,000sqft offices | 11 floors
- South Manchester | Drama Hub at Sharp Project
- Trafford | White City Redevelopment
- South Manchester | Brunswick Redevelopment | £113m
- City Zone | Hanover House Refurbishment | Offices | 91,000sqft
- Overseas House | 6 storey office extension | 52,000sqft office
- City Zone | 40 Chorlton St | Village | 40 new serviced apartments
- X1 MediaCity Phase 1 | 26 floors | 275 apartments, £50m
- 1 Ellesmere Street Hulme | 3fl, The Roof Gardens | 73 apts, £9.5m
- Manchester Smart Motorway M60 J8 to J20
- Salford | Timekeeper’s Square | 36 townhouses, £15m
- TRANSPORT | Bolton Transport Interchange Redevelopment
- Salford | Wilburn St | Block C | 7 floors, apartments
- Salford | Wilburn St | Block D | 13 floors, apartments
- X1 Eastbank (Phase 1) | 310 apartments | New Islington, £10m
- Hydes Brewery Hulme | Conversion to 73 luxury apartments, £2m
- South Manchester | Christie Hospital: Proton Beam Facility
- City Zone | Cow Hollow Hotel | Newton St | Northern Quarter
- Salford Quays | X1 The Exchange | 10fl, 140 apartments, £10m
- St Peter's Square Redevelopment + New St Peter’s Square station
- City Zone | Gateway House Redevelopment | Hotel, 182 rooms
- Bridgewater Point | Everard St | 207 apartments | 5+8 floors, £25m
- Salford | Lower Broughton | 3500 homes, £500m
- Tamworth Neighbourhood Regeneration P1 | Trafford, 26 apartments
- Urban Splash, Stubb's Mill Refurbishment | 22,500sqft office space
- One Spinningfields Offices | 20 stories | 300,000sqft, £73m
- South Manchester | Airport City Enterprise Zone, £800m
- City Zone | 2 Harter St, Conversion to 22 apartments | Off Princess St
- City Zone | 1 Water Street | 28fl | 301 apartments, £30m
- Salford Quays | Clippers Quay Phase 1 | 2x8 floors | 208 apartments
- Barnes Hospital | Cheadle | Restoration & New Apartments
- MBS Redevelopment | New 20fl Crowne Plaza Hotel | West Booth St
- City Suites/16 Chapel St | 17 stories, 263 apartments, £3m
- City Zone | Corn Exchange | Boutique Hotel | 114 rooms
- City Zone | Redevelopment of UoM Precinct and Public Realm
- Bank House Refurb and Reclad | Portland Street, “Neo”, 52,000sqft
- City Zone | Westminster House Portland St | External refurbishment
- City Zone | New Islington Free School | New Islington
- Salford | New Bailey Office Block | 125,000sqft | 7 fl, £10m
- Salford Quays | X1 MediaCity Phase 2 apartments | 275 apartments
- Manchester Science Park, Hulme | Redevelopment Masterplan, £60m
- Salford | TRANSPORT | Ordsall Chord | Piccadilly-Victoria Direct
- City Zone | Gazprom Energy | 7 floors | 187,000sqft | No. 6 1st St
- New Bailey, Stanley St | Apartment Block | 11 floors, 90 apartments, £16m
- City Zone | Motel One Cross Street | Commercial Buildings | 8 floors, 17m
- City Zone | Circle Square | Phase 1 – Student Accom, 12, 14 & 18 floors
- Salford | Redevelopment of Pendleton | Tower Blocks, new homes, etc
- City Zone | Union St New Islington | 302 apartments | 8, 9 & 10 stories
- X1 Eastbank “The Plaza” (Phase 2) | Great Ancoats St | 201 apartments
- Adelphi Wharf | Fortis Developments | 206 apartments (Phase 1)
- South Manchester | SEMMMS Manchester Airport Link Road
- Number 2 St Peter's Square | 12 floors | 161,000sqft Offices, £80m
- Trafford | New Roof, Barton Square Trafford Centre
- TRANSPORT | Electrification between Manchester and Preston
Renaker have filed a planning application for Manchester’s new tallest
building at Owen St. Credit: Ian Simpson Architects
Starting construction soon….
- Salford | Stanley St New Bailey Block 2 | 16 stories, 135 apartments
- City Zone | Angelgate/Tymarco Buildings | 2x19 floors | 434 Apartments
- City Zone | Angel Gardens | 33 storey resi tower | 458 apartments
- City Zone | Deansgate Station Refurbishment, £10m
- City Zone | Axis Albion Tower Apartments | 28 floors | 173 apts
- East Manchester | Elisabeth Mill | Reddish | 150 apartments | DeTrafford
- City Zone | Manchester Engineering Campus Development | £300m
- Trafford | Pomona Wharf | 11 + 10 floors, 164 apartments
- City Zone | Refurbishment of Royal Exchange | 7,038sqft offices
- Salford Quays | X1 The Gateway | 14 floors | 133 apartments | Salford Quays
- Salford | Chapel Wharf | 995 apartments | 23/18/17/15 floors
- City Zone | 47 Houldsworth | Great Ancoats St, 13 floors, 119 apartments
- Trafford | Hilton Garden Inn | Emirates Stadium, Trafford | 150 beds
- Hulme | Sky Gardens | deTrafford | 162 luxury apartments | 12 floors
- City Zone | Opposite the Apollo | 6 floors, 39 apartments
- City Zone | Tariff St, Ian Simpson Architects | 91 apartments, 11 floors
- Hulme | One Manchester | Leaf Street, Hulme | 100 new apartments
- Salford | Bridgewater Gate | Woden St, Ordsall | 53 apartments, 8 floors
- Hulme | One Manchester | Royce Road, Hulme | 66 two-bedroom apartments
- South Manchester | Plots H3 & H6 Airport City | Offices & Hotel
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X1 have now started construction on two of their 26-storey towers at MediaCity in Salford.
Blue | Approved projects
- Salford | Trinity | Blackfriars St | 17 + 13 floors, 380 apartments
- City Zone | Ancoats Dispensary Building Regeneration
- City Zone | Palace Hotel Refurbishment | Oxford St
- Salford | Albert Vaults site, Salford | 8 floors | 24 apartments
- North Parade, Parsonage | Conversion to 71 apartments
- Stock Exchange, 4 Norfolk St | Conversion to 35-bedroom hotel
- Salford | Bloom St Apart Hotel Salford | 5 floors
- The Residence | Greengate, 34 & 14 floors | 310 apartments
- City Zone | Green Quarter | 15 floors | 146 apartments
- Gore St, Salford | 3 blocks, 11-21 floors | 375 apartments
- Middlewood Locks Phase 1 | 571 apartments, plots F, I and J
- 52-60 Chapel St, Salford | Conversion to 10 apartments
- Coupland St/Burlington St Hulme | 4-9 floors | 277 apartments
- Manchester Uni Owen’s Park Campus | 3000+ rooms student
- City Zone | 125 Deansgate | 12 floors, 113,500sqft office space
- Gresham Mill South Hall St Ordsall | 142 apartments, 7 floors
- Custom House | Conversion to 60 apartments, Salford Quays
- City Zone | 3 Angel Square | 12 floors | 250,000sqft
- 27-29 Ellesmere St Hulme | 232 apartments, 9,12 & 8 floors
- 55 Portland St, Office Refurb & new 11 storey Park Plaza hotel
- City Zone | 2 Angel Square Offices | 10 Floors | 200,000sqft
- 10-12 Whitworth St | 35 floors | 327 apartments | 117m
- EasyHotel, Bradley House | Dale St/Newton St, 116 bedrooms
- 2 Liverpool St Salford | 91 apartments, 6 floors, KnightKnox
- City Zone | 11 York St | 8 storey office building | 86,000sqft
- Salford Uni School of Engineering, Newton Building | £5m
- Potato Wharf Phases 3 & 4 | 2x11 floors | 191 apartments
- The Crescent | 405 apartments, 24,17 & 6 floors, Fred Done
- Islington Wharf Phase 3 | 3, 5 & 10 floors, 101 apartments
- City Gardens | deTrafford, 86 apartments, 10 floors, Bentinck St
- Redevelopment of Granada | Grande Hotel and rooftop rest.
- Hospital Corridor Link Bridge | Grafton, Sheppard R Architects
- Bonded Warehouse | Redevelopment into offices & retail
- City Zone | Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre | £60m
- St John's Quarter Phase 1 | Allied London | Village | 57 apartments
- City Zone | Store St | 13 floors, 34 apartments
- Deansgate South, 53 apartments, 14 floors | Ombler Iwanowski Architects
- Cutting Room Sq/Hood St, Manchester Life | 30 apartments | 9 floors
- City Zone | Bracken House, Charles Street Conversion | 113 apartments
- Salford | Outwood Wharf | 18, 8 and 6 floors | 246 apartments
- City Zone | Oxygen Tower | 8, 14 +31 floors | 343 apartments
- City Zone | 39 Tib St NQ | 5 floors, 3 apartments
- Salford | Downtown | Salford | 4,7,10 & 15 floors, 372 apartments
- Wigan bus station redevelopment
- City Zone | Murray’s Mills | 124 apartments | new 5 storey block
- Salford | Riverside House, Blackfriars Salford | 45 apartments, 7 floors
- East Manchester | Tameside Interchange: Metrolink/Rail/Bus | Ashton
- Salford | Adelphi Manor Wharf Phase 2 | 383 apartments
- City Zone | 76-82 Oldham St | 8 floors, 72 apartments, Northern Quarter
- Blackburn St/Silk St Salford | Former Hyde Park Pub, 4 floors, 38 apartments
- Siemen's Headquarters, Didsbury | 140,000sqft offices, 90 homes
- Nuffield Health New Private Hospital | C. Manchester Hospitals
- Salford | Stay Inn Hotel, Trinity/Blackfriars Salford | 11 & 7 storey expansion
- Astley & Bryom House | Offices | Quay Street | 14 floors, 270,000sqft
- City Zone | 40 Swan Street | 9 floors, 109 apartments | New Cross
- Manchester Airport | Terminal 2 expansion, Terminal 3 Revamp
- City Zone | Alpha Place Knott Mill | 7 storey apart hotel | 53 rooms
- Victoria Mill, Droylsden | 131 apartments & town houses | DeTrafford
Manchester Airport are spending £1bn on a mega-expansion which will
see capacity increase to 50 million passengers per year.
Orange | Projects holding a
planning application
- 74-88 Great Ancoats Street | 14 floors | 135 apartments | 6,000sqft
- Whitworth/Princess Corner | 287 apartments, 148 hotel rooms, U&C
- Salford | Springfield, Salford | Urban Splash | 71 homes, 100 apartments
- City Zone | Salisbury House, Conversion to 31 apartments | Granby Row
- Simpson St/Ludgate St, Angel Meadows | 66 apartments, 6 floors
- City Zone | Royal Exchange External Redevelopment
- City Zone | Angel Court, Angel Gardens | 9 floors, 64 apartments
- Edinburgh Castle Pub, Ancoats | 6 floors, 21 apartments + reopened pub
- City Zone | 58-60 King Street | Conversion to 7 apartments
- City Zone | Jersey St Ancoats | 7+8 stories, 158 apartments
- HoUse New Islington | 21 new houses, ‘Mansion HoUse’84 apts/2 blocks
- City Zone | 64-66 King Street | Conversion to 8 apartments
- City Zone | 86-88 Market St (above Barclays) | 15 apartments
- Manchester Engineering Campus Hall | Ext. to Oddfellows Hall
- East Manchester | Space Project Expansion, West Gorton
- 36 Devonshire House | 42 apartments + 2 storey extension, Chinatown
- City Zone | Basil House, Portland St | Conversion to 37 apartments
- Salford | Exchange Court | 44 floors, 130m | 350 apartments, Renaker
- 28 Oldham St | Conversion to a 66 room hotel (above Dry Bar)
- City Zone | 56 Richmond, Village | 3 four-bedroom, 3 storey townhouses
- AC Marriott Hotel | Cable/Swan St New Cross | 9 floors, 172 bedrooms
- City Zone | Closure of Brunswick Street to create Brunswick Park
- Granada site | New 8 storey office building, 4,200sqft | Rooftop pool
- 11 Radium St | 4 & 6 floors, 27 homes (20 apartments, 7 townhouses)
- Citygate Court Mosely St | External Refurbishment of office building
- Trafford | Kratos Site, Trafford | Holiday Inn Express, 6 floors, 220 rooms
- 2 Union St Northern Quarter | 7-10 floors, 40 apartments, NC Homes
- Owen St Tower 1 | Renaker, 62 floors, 202m
- City Zone | Owen St Tower 2 | Renaker, 43 floors
- Former Moss Tavern Pub, Droylsden | 33 apartments | 4 floors
- “Element”, Warwick Road | 11 floors, 90 apartments | Old Trafford
- Manchester Life Bengal St | 8/5 floors, 199 apartments, FCB Studios
- Manchester Science Park | 53,000sqft, Airport City Area
- Toast Rack Redev. | 210 aptmts, gym, newbuild 11fl block
- Embankment West | 694 apartments, 32, 25 & 12 floors | Select Property
- Affinity Tower 1, Riverview | 33 floors, 318 apartments | New Bailey
- Affinity Tower 2, Riverside | 16 floors, 188 apartments | New Bailey
- MediaCityUK Plot C1/D1 | 2x20 floors, 476 apartments | AHR Architects
- City Zone | Shelter, 119 Princess St | 11 floors, 64 apartments
- Hampton Hilton New Cross | 7/9 storey hotel, 221 bedrooms
- The Silkworks | Conversion into 50,000sqft office space, £18m
- City Zone | Oxford Road station redevelopment
- Circle Square Blocks 2,3+4 | Offices, 18 & 14 stories, 390,000sqft
- City Zone | Circle Square Blocks 7+8 | 266 apartments, 2x17 stories
- City Zone | Circle Square Tower | Residential, 36 stories, 411 apartments
- City Zone | Circle Square MSCP | 1028 spaces, 10 floors
- X1 MediaCity Phase 3 & 4 | 26x2 floors | 550 apartments
- City Zone | Piccadilly Station | Platforms 15 & 16
- City Zone | Owen St Tower 3 | Renaker, 48 floors
- City Zone | Owen St Tower 4 | Renaker, 52 floors
- Discovery Quay, King William St,12 & 8 floors | 299 student flats
- Salford | Peel Park Redevelopment | £2.1m | Salford
- Trafford | TRANSPORT | Metrolink Trafford Centre Line
- Pier 7 | TH Real Estate | 10 new buildings, 700 apartments, 8-18 floors
- Trafford Waters | 3,000 apartments | 80,000sqft office space
- Exchange Q. | 23/15 floors, Hotel 45 rooms, 132 aptmts, 14,000sqft office
Renaker have asked Salford City Council for approval to build
their 44-storey Exchange Court Tower at Greengate, which will
contain 350 apartments
Bruntwood have submitted a planning application to Manchester
City Council for a series of new blocks and public space on the
former BBC site on Oxford Road.
Trinity Fields will see 3,000 new apartments being built right next to Allied London’s St Johns Masterplan
Red | Projects without a
planning application
- New Hotel and apartments Aytoun St | Capital & Centric | Kampus
- Former Salford Crescent Police Station | Apartments & Hotel
- MediaCityUK Plot D4 | 28 floors, 180 apartments | Chapman Taylor
- MediaCityUK Plot C6 | 25 floors, 439 apartments | Chapman Taylor
- Cornbrook Hub, 800 apartments (count as Trafford)
- MediaCityUK Plot D3 | 30 floors, 202 apartments | Hodder+P Architects
- Museum of Science and Industry Expansion | £800m
- TRANSPORT | Salford Central Platforms 3, 4 and 5
- Deansgate Central Sky Park | 750,000sqft mixed use, Carillion & Ask
- St Johns, 250,000sqft enterprise cluster, 50 apartments, Allied London
- Landmark | 13 floors, St Peter’s Square | 178,000sqft
- Hotel Indigo | 14 floors, Victoria
- “The Skirt”, Spinningfields | Former Oast House, Levitt Bernstein
- Meadows Bridge Salford Crescent | £820,000
- Halle St Peter’s Church 1,450sqft extension, Ancoats
- Hardman Square Boulevard, (former Lawn Club), Spinningfields
- Stockport Interchange Redevelopment
- UX Manchester | 1,000+ apartments, 200,000sqft office, Boddingtons
- Refurbishment of Newbank & Riverbank Towers, Salford
- Mayfield, Piccadilly | 800,000sqft offices, 1,300 homes, 350 hotel beds
- The Sir Henry Royce Insitute | £250m
- 100 Embankment | 165,000sqft office block, Ask Developments
- Trinity Fields Masterplan | 3 tower blocks, 25-50 floors | 3000 aptmts
- Plot V NOMA | Apartments, 14, 12 & 10 floors | Manchester Place
- St Michael’s, Bootle St | Apartments, 5* hotel, Offices, Retail
- The Factory Theatre | Former Granada Site
- Lowry Outlet Mall redevelopment and expansion
- St John’s Quarter Phase 2+
- Stockport Interchange Redevelopment | New ticket hall, glass walkway
- Land at Trinity Way/Greengate, Salford | 1190 apartments in 9 blocks
- Central Retail Park Redevelopment
- 3 St Peter’s Square, 12 floors - Hotel
- MMU: Redevelopment of Mable Tylecote Building, All Saints
- Great Northern | £300m, 97,000sqft office building + new skyscraper
- Manchester Firehouse | Allied London Redevelopment
- Etihad Stadium Expansion Phase 2 | 61,000 seats
- New Victoria | 150,000sqft office block | 17/22 stories | 475 apartments
- Manchester Phoenix Arena | 3,000 seat-stadium/Ice Rink | City Centre
- St John's Place | 55 storey resi tower | 260 apartments
- Manchester Museum Expansion | £12.4m new “The Courtyard” extension
- £65m redevelopment of Manchester Arndale, Intu
- Oxford Rd Station Surrounds | 66 apartments, Hotel, 300,000sqft office
- Middlewood Locks | 2,000 apartments | 750,000sqft commercial
- Jackson's Row Masterplan
- Piccadilly Station Redev. | £1.6bn, New retail, Underground NPR, HSR,
HS3, coach station
Piccadilly station will be redeveloped and expanded in time for
HS2 and HS3 to arrive in the 2030s. The station will become the
UK’s second-largest rail station with 28 platforms altogether.
Crane Count
Salford
- Wilburn Basin (2 cranes)
- City Suites (1 crane)
- 101 Embankment (1 crane)
- New Bailey, Stanley St (1 crane)
- Adelphi Wharf (1 crane)
Salford Quays
- X1 MediaCity (1 crane)
Piccadilly
- Kennedy Building Ancoats (1 crane)
East
- X1 Eastbank (1 crane)
- Union St New Islington (2 cranes)
Victoria/North Central
- Cotton Building Spinningfields (2 cranes)
- Motel One (1 crane)
Peter's Fields/South Central
- 1 Water St (2 cranes)
- 2 St Peter’s Square (2 cranes)
- 1 Spinningfields (3 cranes)
- 8 First St (2 cranes)
Universities
Crowne Plaza (1 crane)
Circle Square Phase 1 (2 cranes)
Total: 26 cranes (April 30th 2016)
Crane counts give us a rough calculation as to how a city is
progressing economically. Most large-scale development
schemes require cranes and so crane counts tend to detail
how many large schemes are happening across a city. Of
course, smaller schemes and conversions are important
too—and they are happening across the city (usually in the
form of the upper floors of older buildings in the urban core
being converted into apartments).
Manchester’s crane count currently stands at 26. This is up
from the all-time-low of 3 in October 2013, but we still have
not reached the heady heights of November 2005—when 63
cranes reached above the skyline.
Manchester currently compares favourably with its regional
competitors in terms of crane count, however is beginning to
accelerate at a faster pace now that multiple large-scale
schemes are beginning to come onsite.
Final Round-up
- The number of projects under construction (on which construction activity has begun, in the form of diggers, of drills or of
cranes etc) has increased from 70 to 77.
- The number of projects which are 'Shovel Ready' (on which construction has a high chance of beginning by the next
Update in three months time) has remained the same at 26, this is despite 7 projects moving up into the "Under
Construction" category - indicating that the pipeline flow is healthy (you really do ideally want the Shovel Ready category to
remain the same because it means that while some projects move up the list into construction, some move into being shovel
ready which means that number U/C stays constant.
- After a long period of dramatic increases, the number of projects Approved has finally only increased by +1 this term. 9
projects have moved UP the list into the Shovel Ready category - so again this is more evidence that the pipeline is nice and
healthy. The last year or so has been quite worrying as we've had a tonne of projects move into the Approved category with
not many advancing from being Approved to being U/C or at least site clearance/shovel ready. This indicated a block in the
pipeline and an unwillingness from developers to actually build what they had approval for. Luckily, this blockage appears to
have been cleared and we've got a pretty steady flow into Construction going now.
- Projects holding a planning application which hasn't yet been approved stands at 56, up from 47 in November. This is the
biggest increase, and comes from large-scale schemes like Owen St and Circle Square (where each block/tower is counted
separately) gaining planning applications.
- The number of "Red" projects (those which are masterplans or visions without a planning application, not including
framework applications) has increased from 42 to 45 now. There have been two new large-scale masterplan schemes
announced this term: the first at UX Manchester in Strangeways and the second at Deansgate Central Sky Park. Of course,
without planning applications, it's going to be years before these schemes start construction however it's good to know we
have projects being planned into the long-term which can start once our short-to-medium term projects have completed.
There appears to be a “planning app bubble” - there are a lot of planning apps but not as much construction. This could be a
good thing in indicating a healthy pipeline but it is almost double the amount Under Construction. The number of "UP"
projects remains high at 62, meaning there is a lot of upward movement (i.e. projects gaining approval and projects starting
construction) but maybe not as quick as we'd like.
Number of NEW projects has remained constant. Between November 2015 and February 2016 there were 30 new projects
announced, that remains the same between February 2016 and now. There are 62 projects U/C.
Apartments
There are currently 1,314 apartments under construction in the City Zone
- There are currently 1,799 apartments under construction in Central Salford
- There are currently 1,145 apartments under construction in Salford Quays
- There are currently 146 apartments under construction in Hulme
- There are currently 26 apartments under construction in Trafford
TOTAL = 4,430 apartments
- There are currently 8,183 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in the City Centre
- There are currently 8,021 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Central Salford
- There are currently 3,196 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Salford Quays
- There are currently 1,096 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Hulme
- There are currently 3,284 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Trafford
TOTAL: 23,523 apartments
Worth noting that the number of City Zone apartments Under Construction has decreased
due to 434 apartments at Angelgate stopping construction temporarily.
Staggering increases in the number of pipeline apartments in both the City Zone and
Central Salford: up from 6,127 apartments and 6,245 apartments respectively in February to
8,153 apartments and 8,021 apartments respectively now.
Salford Quays now has over 1,000 apartments U/C for the first time since the previous
boom. There were 0 apartments U/C in SQ in June 2013.
Contact Me
Ed Howe
Newcastle University
MPlan
(Town Planning
undergraduate)
[email protected]