5.Comprehensive Planning Proposals
1. Comprehensive planning proposals o r 'Advisory Schemes' have so f a r been prepared for five a r e a s amounting to about 200 a c r e s and representing most of the core of the Central Area. Together with that part of the IHigher Education Precinct which lies north of Mancunian Way and i s within the Central Area, they can be considered a s potential 'Action Areas' which a r e ripe for redevelopment and where clear p r e s s u r e s for rebuilding exist.
2. Itmustbeemphasisedthatthese proposals do not represent abstract conceptions; the three dimensional framework contained in them is based on uses and accommodation requirements that can be realistically anticipated and the proposals a r e intended to s e r v e a s a brief to developers and a s a basis for m o r e detailed design work. In some of the a r e a s , development has already been completed, o r is in course of construction in accordance with the proposals, whilst in others, planning approvals have been given for developments that have been worked out in consultation on the basis of the particular Advisory Scheme.
The accompanying diagrams and Map 3. No. 9 show these parts of the Central Area for which three-dimensional planning schemes have so f a r been prepared, whilst a breakdown of the uses proposed and other relevant information is given in Appendix C, Table No. 6. The a r e a s a r e a s follows :-
Civic Area proposals
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROPOSALS
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