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INTRODUCTION WHO WE ARE The purpose of this public exhibition is to show you our draft proposals for The proposals are brought forward by the P J Livesey Group who have been the redevelopment of the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus, selected as preferred developers by Manchester Metropolitan University. Didsbury. The proposals relate to the main campus site and the former Representatives from P J Livesey, the University and their technical team are Broomhurst Halls of residence. here to answer any queries you may have.
The exhibition has been organised to allow you to view the draft plans and P J Livesey has appointed an experienced team of technical advisors to assess to ask us any questions you may have. We are also keen to hear your views so the site and develop the draft masterplan. The team includes the following please complete a feedback form before you leave. members who are here today:
HOW THE EXHIBITION WORKS HOW PLANNING The exhibition contains a series of boards which provide information on the Planning and Environmental Consultants background to the development plus further detail on the draft masterplan and who are advising P J Livesey and have organised technical issues. this Exhibition.
We would welcome your feedback on the proposals which you can provide today by completing a comment card or by contacting us by email or phone. CALDERPEEL FGP Architects and Masterplanners who have designed the draft proposals and produced the The Regeneration Framework images on these boards.
Following the University’s decision to vacate the Didsbury Campus as part of the wider consolidation of their Estate, a Regeneration Framework to guide the future development the site was worked up with Manchester City Council. ASHLEY HELME Transport Consultants advising on all highways The Framework was subject to consultation and approved by Manchester and transportation matters. City Council Executive in January 2014. The Framework will be used by the Council to assess planning applications on the site. RYDER The Regeneration Framework promotes a comprehensive approach and Ryder Landscape Consultants specialise in permits a range of uses including residential, education, community and sports the preservation and development of historic related development. landscapes.
The exhibition shows our proposals for the development of the main campus site for high quality housing and an expanded primary school on the former Broomhurst site.
The draft proposals are consistent with the Framework and have been developed in conjunction with the Council. The aim of the proposals is to ensure a high quality, well landscaped, development. the sites & Surrounding area 2
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Collegiate hall - Grade II* Listed The chapel - Grade II Listed 801-803 Wilmslow Road - Grade II Listed The Sites The aerial plan below illustrates the former campus This part of the site is bounded by Wilmslow Road to The site is bound by Wilmslow Road to the east, playing comprising mainly previously developed land and is the west and south, by Sandhurst Road to the north and fields to the west and residential dwellings to the north approximately 6.8ha (16.8 acres) in size. The site was existing residential properties to the east. and north west. historically operated by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), which vacated the site in 2014. The former Broomhurst site comprises the existing It is proposed to submit a hybrid planning application, 7-storey former residential building, car parking, a small which will seek full and listed building consent for the The main campus site comprises a number of buildings bungalow and amenity land to the rear. main campus site and outline consent, with means of associated with the former use, including listed buildings, access, for the Broomhurst site. which will be retained and converted for residential use as part of the redevelopment proposals.
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The Surrounding Area The site is located approximately 7km south of the City Centre, The Campus is also close to areas of open space and recreational close to the centre of Didsbury, one of Manchester’s prime suburban facilities including Didsbury Park and Fletcher Moss Park and residential neighbourhoods. Didsbury village offers a wide range of Didsbury Cricket Club. shops, restaurants and amenities.
To the immediate south is Towers Business Park and less than 1 km to the east is the Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre, East Didsbury Station and the Metro Station and Park and Ride. DEVELOPING the proposals 3
AECOM masterplan study / Regeneration framework
ACCESS AND MOVEMENT URBAN STRUCTURE URBAN GRAIN
Key Site Key Site Opportunities: Constraints:
LOCATION & SCALE SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS • Prominent location in the heart of one of the most desirable, Listed Buildings & Heritage high value, vibrant and sustainable parts of the city. • The main site is at the heart of the Didsbury St. James Conservation Area. • Quality new housing within a mature landscape in a distinctive environment with schools and parks. • Development proposals will meet associated planning policy provisions, ensuring that the character and integrity of the Conservation Area is preserved and enhanced. A PLACE WITHIN A PLACE Existing Trees • The 2 sites have a unique character and evocative history, • There are over 150 trees across the sites, the Conservation standing within one of the most distinctive parts of South Area status ensure protection of these trees. They are an Manchester. integral part of the existing character and distinctiveness of the site and local area. • The immediate surroundings have a strong sense of place, recognised by designation as a Conservation Area.
• Development should retain its integrity, yet feel part of Didsbury. ACCESS & TRAFFIC IMPACT
• Initial studies demonstrate that the vehicle movements DESIGN EXCELLENCE associated with its current use as a student teaching facility will be very much reduced as a residential scheme of circa 85 units • Design and construction quality. and school. • Attention to detail in buildings, spaces and materials. • Getting the right balance between a conservative / EDGE CONDITIONS ‘conservationist’ approach and a bolder, more contemporary approach. & RESIDENTIAL AMENITY • A number of existing houses are also listed building properties situated within close proximity of the site boundary. COMMUNITY ELEMENTS • The development will ensure that development control • The Broomhurst site offers great potential to deliver a primary requirements are maintained and that amenity and privacy can school assisting the overwhelming demand for Primary school be protected. places in this part of Manchester.
• The proposals can secure land for playing pitches and amenity spaces at Simons Playing field. DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES 4
Land Use car parking OUR VISION OUR APPROACH • The current proposal intends to • Collegiate Square is a landscaped • Didsbury Campus aligns itself with • Starting with the heritage assets and house all resident car parking for square free of cars. All associated the vision of the City Council, MMU landscape as the most important the main building in an undercroft cars are parked in courtyards of the and the local community. elements. arrangement below the courtyard main square. of the main building, avoiding any • A unique opportunity which cannot • High quality residential development surface car parking in the immediate • Where ever possible cars and be compromised and demands the within a parkland setting, status vicinity with the exception of visitor carparks (The Chapel) will be right approach. Individual and varied given to the heritage assets, creating parking to one side. contained by hedge and shrub house design avoids the estate feel. a new level in the market. planting to reduce their visibility. • Key to the proposals is that there will be no car parking between • Trees both existing and new are Wilmslow Road and the main listed protected from cars parking in close buildings enhancing their parkland proximity. setting.
Heritage Assets • PJ Livesey has excellent working • The proposal provides a carefully relationships with English Heritage, developed design solution to SAVE, SPAB, the Victorian Society, maintain the integrity of the the Georgian Group, and other property and surroundings, with Connectivity national and local conservation bespoke architecture and sensitive MAIN ACCESS • There is a parkland spine running bodies. conversion of complex and delicate • The existing main access to the through the development, from the buildings. campus adjacent to the lodge on main entrance of Wilmslow Road to • PJ Livesey developments provide Wilmslow Road will remain the Towers Close. the most sustainable and viable • PJ Livesey unrivaled experience primary access to the listed in this specialist field allows us to solutions to secure the long term buildings and the majority of the SECONDARY work coherently, sensitively, and on future of landmark buildings and new build homes. ACCESS ROUTES a well-informed basis, to bring these historic landscapes. • Clusters of houses are to be important heritage assets back into • Other existing accesses to the surfaced in natural materials viable and sustainable uses. site from Wilmslow Road to such as cobbles or granite setts Sandhurst Road have been retained distinguishing them from the and reduced to create private primary routes. roads serving a maximum of eight dwellings. • All of the routes proposed are designed to be shared between • New streets have been divided pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles. between primary and secondary • New links for pedestrians and routes. cyclists will be created linking Didsbury Park to Fletcher Moss PRIMARY Park, and the Towers Business Park ACCESS ROUTE and public transport options with Landscaping / Public Realm • Will be tree and hedge lined with Didsbury village. • Key principle is to maintain and • Trees situated along Wilmslow substantial grass verges to create enhance the mature landscape asset Road, the boundary with Didsbury an initial sense of formality and • Pedestrian permeability through that exists. Park and those around the listed prestige when entering the site and the site will be maintained and buildings are not to be removed. navigating around it. encouraged, utilising both new and • Shared surface street with no density routes. formal separation between car, bike • The proposals create a number • They will be surfaced in naturally and pedestrian and where minimum of new open green areas centred toned materials such as resin road markings are used creating around existing individual trees bound gravel with minimal kerb up an informal environment where and tree groups including a new stands enhancing the sites parkland the car is no longer the dominant landscaped square. character. factor. FORMER MMU CAMPUS: RESIDENTIAL 5
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Approach Trees 1. Protect the existing trees, their root protection areas and • Inevitably there are a limited • This replacement tree planting enhance tree lines where possible. number of existing trees that this along with proposals for significant 2. Retain and enhance the existing parkland character. proposal recommends be removed new tree planting will establish a in order to achieve the most new generation of trees and tree 3. Create a unique identify across the site with a distinctive suitable development proposal for structure across the site not only character. the site. contributing to the sites parkland 4. Reinstate a verdant, open feel to the site drawing hard character but also helping maintain landscape away from the listed buildings. • Trees to be removed are located it into the future. within the site away from key 5. Create informal shared surface streets. site lines and individually do not contribute significantly to the site 6. Use bespoke consistence materials to establish a hierarchy of routes throughout the site. character.
7. Create an attractive high profile gateway of Wilmslow Road.
• The above has been achieved through the development of a hierarchical approach to the landscape proposals.
• Landscape elements such as trees, hedges, swales, surface materials and garden boundary treatments have been divided into primary and secondary elements.
• Primary elements will focus on protecting existing trees, retaining and enhancing the sites parkland character, transforming the setting of the listed buildings and developing a distinctive holistic character across the site.
Access Routes • The new streets within the development will be shared surface and have been divided between primary and secondary routes.
Houses • The masterplan has been • Some properties, located around • There are approximately 135 existing individual trees developed so that the majority of courtyards, have a shared and tree groups on the site. back gardens take advantage of a space to the front designed south or south west aspect. to accommodate cars, cyclists • The development proposes the removal of 20 and pedestrians and to be used individual trees and tree groups the majority of which • All have a private back garden collectively by the residents of are classified as category C. and the majority a private front. those house that front them. • There are approximately 130 new trees proposed across the site within public areas and private gardens. FORMER MMU CAMPUS: RESIDENTIAL 7
Residential New Build
A variety of styles and sizes are the result of Each new home will ultimately be designed extensive research into the local and south for its own specific location. Manchester housing market. Landscape design has been used to enforce A range of property types are proposed the individual identity of each pocket of within the listed buildings and new build that the development to create desirable well- will not only provide a range of properties appointed gardens and public realm and at currently scarce in the local market, but the same time retaining the parkland feel. which will attract residents from areas outside of the city of Manchester whom have no choice but to search further afield at present to find their ideal home.
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PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN 860 sqft 711 sqft 369 sqft
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level thresholds dressing hall extendable dining study breakfast terrace ensuite
ensuite level thresholds retreat double bedroom 03 PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED FIRSTheight FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN entrance ensuite 860 sqft 711 sqft 369 sqft bedroom 02 dining void TOTAL: 1,940 SQFT
PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN (ex. GARAGE) PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1,706 sqft 1,479 sqft
TOTAL: 3,185 SQFT TOTAL: 3,185 SQFT
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PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED GROUND FLOORPROPOSED PLAN (ex. SECOND GARAGE) FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN 860 sqft 711 sqft 1,706 sqft 369 sqft 1,479 sqft
TOTAL: 1,940 SQFT TOTAL: 3,185 SQFT TOTAL: 3,185 SQFT INDICATIVE HOUSE TYPE INDICATIVE HOUSE TYPE INDICATIVE HOUSE TYPE FOR STENNER MEWS FOR COLLEGIATE SQUARE CIRCA OFF SANDHURST ROAD CIRCA 1900 SQ FT 1950 SQ FT CIRCA 3200 SQ FT FORMER MMU CAMPUS: RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION 8
Main building The Chapel
The building is rightly considered to have Where this is not practicable at each end The sensitive conversion of the former Our proposals suggest conversion to eight a high level of significance, and is listed of the north, east and south wings, the Chapel will provide an attractive mix new apartments, accessed from the main Grade 11*. corner spaces will be converted into two of townhouses and apartments, whilst entrance in the north facade. bedroom apartments with roof terraces. respecting the historic fabric and original The principal (west) facade retains its layout of the building. On the existing ground floor we will original (1790) domestic character, in The inner roofs of these quadrangle create four apartments, and with the marked contrast to the later Cl9th wings will be altered to create roof The north and south corners, originally insertion of a new floor at the upper level additions, which create distinctive areas terraces which, because of existing Tutors’ houses, will be reinstated to form four further apartments. This approach within the building. The original Georgian parapets, will not be visible from any two townhouses with their own entrances. will respect and retain intact both the stair and hallway is an important space viewpoint around the site. principal windows and the vaulted celling. within the heart of the listed building. Existing doors will be re-used to create They will therefore have no impact well-balanced double-fronted properties The intention is to create four bedroom on the external appearance of this with their own private garden spaces. vertically divided houses over three important heritage building. floors, each with a small garden and upper roof terrace.
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School Proposals PRIMARY SCHOOL EXPANSION
The Regeneration Framework permits a range of uses on INDICATIVE SITE SECTION the former halls of residence site including residential and education use.
Following discussions with Manchester City Council (MCC) it has been agreed that this site will be reserved and brought forward for expanded primary school provision for Didsbury. MCC has confirmed that the site will be for the expansion of Beaver Road Primary School.
The application will seek outline permission for the school, including means of access. All other matters such as detailed design and appearance of the building and landscaping will be reserved for a future planning application.
The sketches and drawings are for indicative purposes only and give an indication of the location and layout of the school and how this could be landscaped.
The design and scale of the school allows for reception and infant classes and the other facilities including ample staff and Lower visitor parking. Ground Ground First
As this element of the scheme is being applied for in outline, it INDICATIVE FLOOR PLANS will give the school and City Council the flexibility they need in producing the detailed reserved matters scheme.
For example the outline application will provide design parameters which would allow a building of up to 3 storeys and capable of accommodating 3 form entry.
SIMON FIELD
Simon Field is owned by Manchester Metropolitan University and is largely unusable due to water-logging.
The City Council has confirmed it would like to see this land secured and maintained as playing fields for sport and recreational use that will directly benefit the local community.
Initial discussions have been held with the Didsbury Playing Fields Association regarding the future use and maintenance of this part of Simon Field as a mechanism to assist in securing its future as a community sport and recreation asset. Such an arrangement would need to be subject to a Community Use Agreement between MCC, MMU and Didsbury Playing Field Association.
It is therefore proposed that the playing field will be retained INDICATIVE SITE PLAN and taken forward for community use which will be of major sporting and recreation benefit to the local area and community. KEY BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSALS 10
Benefits The proposed development will bring about a range of benefits as summarised below;
• The development will regenerate new vacant and previously developed sites, in a highly sustainable location.
• New family houses will add to the existing residential provision and be well integrated with the surrounding area. This will also help to enhance the local housing offer in Didsbury.
• The development will secure the future of several listed buildings through sensitive, high quality conversion.
• Various job opportunities will arise from the construction which will provide training and apprenticeship opportunities for the local area.
• New residents of the development will increase spending in the local area helping to provide a significant boost to local services and businesses.
• Provision of land to allow the expansion of Beaver Road Primary School.
• Playing fields will be secured for the benefit of the local community, Didsbury Rugby Club and the Primary School.
Next Steps and Timescales
PROVIDING FEEDBACK
Thank you for taking the time to view our exhibition. Should you have any queries on any aspect of the scheme please speak to a member of the project team. Your views on the proposals are of great importance to us so please complete a comments form and deposit it in the comments box before you leave.
Alternatively, you may view the proposals in your own time and leave comments online on HOW Planning’s Website (www.howplanning.com) by following the link labelled ‘Current Consultations’.
OUTLINE PROGRAMME
Following this public exhibition, the project team will be carefully reviewing all comments reviewed and we will use these to improve the proposals where possible.
Once this process has been completed, it is anticipated that a hybrid planning application including an environmental statement will be submitted to Manchester City Council early in the new year.
This application will seek full planning permission for the residential redevelopment of the main campus site, and outline permission for the school site including means of access. The application will be supported by a number of technical documents, including an environmental statement and a document that will summarise all the comments made during this consultation.