Bennetts’ 24ha Manchester plan given the go-ahead

By Jim Dunton2018-08-20T06:00:00

Inside a revamped Manchester Piccadilly Station

Strategic regeneration framework for Piccadilly Station area approved by city council

A Bennetts Associates-designed regeneration masterplan for the area surrounding Manchester Piccadilly Station has been approved by the city council

The practice’s proposals cover 24 hectares of the city and are driven by the growth potential envisaged by the arrival of the High Speed Two rail line and other transport infrastructure improvements as part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme.

Bennetts said the framework centred around the positioning of Manchester Piccadilly as a “one station solution” and the “transformation of under-utilised and poorly connected lands” into a series of “neighbourhoods of choice”.

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