City Planning Department, 1965-67

Manchester Corporation

City Planning Department Report of the City Planning Officer J S Millar B Arch MTPI ARIBA

1965路67

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To the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Members of the City Council

I hav e pl eas ur e 1n prese nting th e second repo rt re lating to th e work of th e City Pl anning D epartm ent of th e Corpor ation . I would like to thank th e Ch airm an, D eputy Chairm an and Memb ers of th e T ow n Planning and Buildings Commit tee res pon si bl e for th e work of th e D epartm ent, for th eir consideration and enco urag ement, and also reco rd my app rec iation of th e help, advic e and co-ope rati o n received from th e other Chi ef Offic ers of th e Co rpo ration and th eir staffs. ! would particu lar ly like to thank th e staff of my ow n D epartm ent for th eir continued support and enthusi as m which has bee n a source of encourag ement to me thr o ugh o ut th e period und er rev iew.

I am, My Lord Mayo r, Ladi es and Gentl emen, You r obedi ent Serva nt,

\ (Fron t Cover) Mode l of advisory proposals for th e M arkel Street area.

City Pl anning Offi cer.

City of Manchester Town Planning and Buildings Committee

1965/66

Th e Lo rd Mayor-Alderman Bernard S. Langton, C.B.E., J .P. Th e Chairman - Councillor E. Mellor The D eputy Chairman - Councillor K. Eas th am Alderman 0. Lodge, J.P .

1966/67

Th e Lord Mayor-Alderman Nellie Beer, 0.B.E., J .P. Th e Chairman-Councillor E. Mell o r Th e D eputy Chairman - Councillor K. Eastham Al derman P. Buckl ey Ald erman 0. Lodge, J.P .

Ald erm an C. E. P. Stott, J .P .

Alderman C. E. P. Stott, J.P. Ald erman Elizabeth A. Yarwood, J.P .

Councillor Sonia D. Alexand er Councillor J. Brod erick Councillor P. Buckley

Ald erman Eli zabeth A. Ya rw ood, J.P. Councillor Sonia D . Alexand er Councillor J. Brod ericil

Councillor W. A. D ownward

Councillor A. H. Burlin

Councillor D. J. Edw ar ds

Councillor W. A. Do wnward

Co uncillor K. Franklin

Councillor D. J. Edwards

Councillor C. H. Hall, O.B.E .

Councillor K. Fran lllin

Councillor F. Hatton, J .P.

Councillor C. H. H all, 0.B.E.

Councillor W. Hi gg in s

Councillor F. Hatton, J.P .

Councillor J. Hussey

Councillor W . Higgin s

Councillor L. Kell y

Councillor L. Kelly

Councillor T . Lav in

Councillor T. Lavin

Councillor D. G. Masse y, T.D.

Councillor D. G. Masse y, T.D.

Councillor R. Massey

Councillor R. Mass ey

Counc ill or A. O'Tool e

Councillor A. O'Tool e

Counci ll or H. Platt

Councillor H. Pl att

Council lor K. C . Sl ater

Counci ll or J . T . Rollin s

Counci ll or N. Thomp so n, J .P.

Counc ill or K. C. S later

Preface

I am pl ea sed to have an opportunity of commenting briefly on the progress which is being 111 acle in the replanning and reb uilding of th e City . Th e second report of the Pl anni n g D epartm ent conveys som ething of th e in c rease d tempo of building activity within M anchester and ind icates th e many

und er way in th e City Centr e despite the recent ch ill winds on th e eco nom ic fron t. Ov er the past two years approvals have been given in th e City Centre for major work totalling over £21 million , exc ludi ng th e app lic at ion by th e Arnd ale Prop erty Trust in the M arket Street/ Withy Grov e Area, w hich has been

diff erent problems th at are having to be tackled as part of th e renewal op eration . My impres sions are many and va ried . Th e initi al i111petus created by th e n ewly for111ed departm ent at th e ti111 e whe n th e f ir st report was written, has been s usta in ed and ind eed

'ca ll ed in' by th e Minist er of Housing and Local Go vernmen t for decision along with th e submitted Compreh ensiv e D eve lopm ent Area proposals.

Buildin g to th e va lu e of £6 million, is und er co nstructi o n at th e present tim e and this includ es

ii is ev id ent that th e vo lum e o f work has increase d and w ill in ev itab ly in crease still furth er; it must b e rememb ered that whil st many new proposals and sch em es have bee n put forward during th e las t two yea rs, ii has bee n nece ss ary at th e same tim e

a s ubstant ial proportion of own er/ occupier deve lopm ent of high quality . A furth er £7 millio n is lik ely to be spen t by private and public age nci es over th e nex t two yea rs for proj ects; th ese inclu de th e second stag e of th e Market Centre scheme in

to pl ace grea ter emph asis on th e conso lid ation and impl em entation of thos e wh ic h are alrea dy und er way. Th e various "action areas"-the ter111 curren tly us ed to describ e areas of dynamic chan ge-are beg inning to fit tog eth er and mak e good sense;

Norfol k Street incorpo rating th e new H ead Post Offi ce , th e new Bank of England building on Port land Street and th e new Regional H eadq uarters for th e B.B.C. D es pite th e co111pl ex ity of most

th e var ious comp rehensi ve planning bri efs th at have been pre pared by th e D epartm en t now tak e on th e appearance of a con tinu o u s belt of redeve lo pm ent proposals w hich cover th e inn er areas of th e City f rom th e Stretf ord bound ary, throu gh Hulm e, th e Hi gher Education Prec in ct, Longsight, Bes wi c k/ Bradfo rd , and Harp urhey, s hortly to b e follow ed by Op ens haw and Che eth am. Th e planning co nt ex t for th e City 's fir st priority-c lea ring th e rem aining slum dw ellin gs-has bee n firmly es tablish ed and alth ough much remain s to be clon e, I am su re th at th e mo st imm edi ate and pr ess ing planning probl em s have b ee n reso lved.

Th e draft T own Cen tre Map propos als whic h bring tog eth er th e res ult s of co ntinuou s worl1 ov er the las t four yea rs or so are now virtu all y com pl eted .

It is en co urag in g th at so mu c h bui ldin g wo rk is

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Central Area proposals th ere w ere n o major app li ca tions aw aiting decision by th e City Coun cil at 31s t March 1967. It is also worth emph asising th at th e pac e o f deve lopm ent in th e Hi g her Education Prec in ct con tinu es at a rapid rate; pl anning approva ls hav e been g iv en over th e last two yea rs for buildings cos ting about £7 million and about th e sam e va lu e of work is now und er co nstruction . I am su re th at th e nex t few years wil l see stea dy and con tinu ous progr ess in th e re-s haping of th e City and th e crea ti o n of an improv ed environm ent.

~· Chairman of th e T ow n Pl ann in g and Buildings Committee

Report of the City Planning Officer 1965 · 67

Contents

Introduction

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Review of Work

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Aerial view of part of the Hulme Redevelopment area and Mancunian Way. The Higher Education Precinct is to be seen in the middle distance and the Brunswick Neighbourhood beyond. (Photograph by courtesy of Airviews) .

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Introduction

During the period covered by the second report of the City Planning Department, it has become increasingly evident that the factors which made it necessary to strengthen the organisation and technical resources engaged on the task of

sub-regional levels of problems of land use, transportation , population growth , particularly in relation to future housing needs, facilities for leisure and sport and industrial development; this has been reflected in the activities of relatively

replanning the City, are more relevant than ever.

It is now possible to review the progress that has been made in consolidating the organisation which was carefully built up in the initial period following

new organisations such as the Regional Economic Councils and Boards and the Sports Council.

On the practical side an increasing volume of work has been involved in connection with the South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Transportation Study and the Rapid Transit Study

the establishment of the Department in December 1963; the results of earlier work and negotiations with developers are now beginning to emerge in the shap e of a number of fine building projects.

The need for comprehensive development is greater than ever over large areas of the City, and whilst the number of realistic private schemes under discussion has remained fairly constant, the Department's efforts have been directed towards prob lems of implementation and the need to ensure that the schemes which are built are of high quality and form part of a wider planning context.

The City's accelerated slum clearance programme, with all that this entails, continues to place heavy demands on the technical resources available; whilst the shortage of qualified planners with appropriate experience remains acute, the Department has so far neverth eless been fortunate in avoiding a high turnover of experienced technical officers .

undertaken by an inter-departmental Working Party, including British Rail with the support and participation of the Ministry of Transport. The service which the Department is capable of providing as a background to policy decisions made elsewhere, is being increasingly appreciated.

This is clearly one of the most important functions of the Department and is a necessary pre-requisite for soundly based decisions which need to be taken in connection with a wide range of activities, not necessarily immediately connected with the planning process itself.

The period has been marked by a steady development in consultations with other departments and an improvement in the procedures appropriate to the selection of sites to meet the needs of various Committees of the Council; this should lead to a closer relationship between building projects of

Th e Department is being called upon to play an increasing role in many different directions and the

different kinds, and the Capital Works Programme for the City as a whole. The Department's first

developm en t and widening scope of its activities have stretched to the limit the technical and

priority throughout the period has been directed towards producing comprehensive planning briefs

administrative resources available. The period under

for the areas affected by major slum clearance.

review has been notable for increasing recognition of th e inter-dependance on both regional and

were described In some detail and since then

In the first report the proposals for the new Hulme

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comprehensive planning briefs or district plans

a Car Parking Policy for the City Centre and the

have been produced for Beswick, Longsight,

Rapid Transit Study are both of profound importance

Harpurhey and Openshaw. The planning work

to the future accessibility and prosperity of the

With limited resources the improvement of management techniques is receiving the closest attention so that the best use is made of both

which has been made necessary by th e rate of

City Centre and also indicates the close liaison and

people and various mechanical aids.

cl eara nce amounts to the production of a fairly

day-to-day working between the various Chief

detailed planning framework for th e whole of th e

Officers and departments concerned.

The last nine months or so have witnessed a number of difficulties which result from the

pre-1914 inn er areas of the City ; large areas that

Work on the review of th e Development Plan has

are not directly affected by slum clearance proposals

proceeded throughout the period with increasing

have had to be considered as part of the wider

momentum and the production of the review

context of new housing proposals , and this initial

docum ents means in effect bringing togeth er all the

framework plan for th e inner city, is intend ed to

different aspects, projects and policies within one

serv e as the basic context for house building

overall policy statement. The Land Use Survey of

operations ov er th e next decad e. Considerable

the City was completed in mid 1966 and the writing

attention has been devoted to the consolidation

of the necessary programmes for the computer

and extension of th e strategy of op en space

followed by the processing of data, has been a

proposals; pro gress has been made on various

continuous operation since the beginning of the year; the results of this up-to-date survey are now

schemes for tipping , reclamation and landscaping .

On e of the highlights of the period under review

being embodied in a series of policy reports which

has bee n th e wor k, now almost comp leted, on t he draft Town Cen tre proposals, which incorporate

form th e "backbone" of the revi ew itse!f. An

severa l thre e- dim ensional advisory sch emes. Thes e proposals will now be the subj ect of consultations

industrial questionnaire sent out last Summer and which met with an excellent response is also being

economic climate and the measures designed to restrict public and private expenditure. However,

Considerable attention has again been devoted to recruitment , education, as well as public relations

it is still perhaps a little early to judge very clearly the longer-term effects from a planning point

and the press; there have been a number of important articles written for technical and other journals and various exhibitions have been mounted.

of view.

The space provided initially in the Department's

The Department now employs a staff of 112. No important organisational changes have been made

new home on the fifth floor of the Town Hall Extension rapidly proved inadequate as the remaining

and there remain thre e technical sections with an Assistant City Planning Officer in charge of each,

posts in the Department were filled and some further accommodation is to be provided on the same floor which will alleviate this problem

and an Administration Section with a Chief Administrative Officer at its head who operates,

and obviate serious overcrowding. New acquisitions

in effect as an Office Manager. Although minor re-organisation of personnel has naturally been

have been made to keep the departmental Library up-to-date and the slide collection has grown very

necessary from time to time, the basic size and

considerably.

Finally, the Staff Social Committee's work has continued and the high point of last year's activities

structure of the Department has remained unaltered since its inception. In practice it has

with many interested parti es and after careful

processed and the results should assist with some of the delicate and important problems of

proved satisfactory although the increasing

consideration of all th e criticisms and suggestions

industrial location.

involvement of the Department in new fields and

made, will be put to the City Council in amended

The production of planning briefs for major

the calls which are being made upon it to extend its

form for approv al, and inclusion in th e first revi ew of th e D evelopm ent Plan. Th e compl etion of th e

redevelopment areas of th e City, the formulation of City Centre proposals, the Department's

activities will inevitably call for some review of

Town Centre Map will mark th e culmination of almost five years continuous work, and co-relates the many varied planning sch emes and proposals accepted

contribution to the Rapid Transit Study, the SELNEC Study, th e growing need to find suitabl e sites to meet the Corporation's overall building programme,

in principl e by th e City Council during this period .

Th e work und ertak en more rece ntly in conjunction

has once again emphasised th e importance of inter-departmental consultation and teamwork

with th e City Engin eer's, Transport and Police Departments in th e preparation of the joint report on

as well as th e need for continual improvement and

D epartment which were subsequently filled by

stream-lining of procedures and office manag ement.

graduates who have continued their planning studies

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on a part time day release basis. There were four permanent vacancies on the 31st March 1967, though temporary survey assistants have been employed and held against these posts to expedite the processing of the Land Use Survey.

resources and organisation . A complete list of all the members of the Department is to be found in Appendix 1. (page 30) .

At the end of the period covered by the first report only four technical posts were vacant. Last Summer six additional trainee posts were provided for the

was the visit by twenty-five members of the Department to Rotterdam, one of the main growth points and success stories of the European Community; a visit to the Rotterdam Planning Department was included when not only the techn ical but the administrative developments that have made it all possible, were described .

Apart from a full programme of social activities, there has been a busy programme of meetings, films and discussions, often with visiting specialist lecturers, which have again been well attended; the Committee's work is widely appreciated by the members of the Department.

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Review of Work

The Inner City-Redevelopment

Th e first report of th e D epartm ent consid ere d th e

th em se lves. Th e role of public transport and car

areas of land; if adequate stand ards are to b e

planning probl ems impli c it in th e imm ens e task of

parl1ing and anc ill ary probl ems are of course now

crea ted in new d evelopm ent, th en th e problem of

cl ea ring th e slums; thi s ent ails th e replanning of

major issu es whilst th e st rategy of long er term

rehousing abou t half th e famili es displac ed has to

virt ual ly th e whole of th e inn er res id ential and

redeve lopment, in cluding, for ex am p le, th e future of

b e so lve d ou t side th e City limits.

industri al areas of th e City built b efor e 1914 . Th e

existing important shopp ing cent res at prese nt

Th e prese nt position on housing nee ds in th e

represen tati on of well over 5,000 unfit dw ellings

loca ted along th e front age s of major radial roads

imm ediat e futur e and how th ese might in part be

a yea r by th e Medical Offic er of H ea lth is d em anding

se rving th e m etropolit an ce ntre, has had to be

met, is shown in App endix 2 (pag e 32); it will be

th e production of an ou tlin e pl an for th e who le of

in cluded in th e area of study . It is virtu all y n eve r

rea dily appreciated from thes e figur es th at th ere is

th e inn er city an d this initi al task is approaching

pos s ibl e to consider th e enviro nm ental p lanning of

sti ll a subs tantia l s hort age of sites and th is has

complet ion . Th e areas for w hi ch ou tlin e bri efs have

on e o r more areas in is olation and through out th e

serious rep ercussions on th e phasing of th e

bee n comp leted embrac e about 1,600 acres and

formul ation of pl annin g briefs it has bee n found

rebu ilding programme, particularly in the short term.

includ e two thirds of th e total of about 45 ,000 slum

esse nti al to consid er eac h area in th e wid er con tex t

Th e D epartm ent has tak en part in discussions aim ed at securing sit es outsid e th e City to m eet this

dw ellings which remain to be cleared by 1973.

of th e stategic planning of th e City as a whol e.

Th e charact er of th e areas which have had to be

Th e ramifica ti o n s of th e c lea ranc e programme

deficit at var ious tim es during th e p eriod und er

rep lan ned is mor e di ve rs e th an might be im ag in ed;

represe nts a formid abl e vo lum e of pl anning work ,

rev iew. Th e failure to sec ur e a satis fac to ry basis

th e o ld Hulm e, which w as th e first area to b e

no t leas t becaus e it is es sential to follow up

upon which t o proc ee d with th e Town D eve lopm ent

tackl ed, wh ere rebuilding is now w ell und er way,

out lin e proposals to ensur e that th e mor e d etail ed

Sch em e at W es thoughton and th e subsequent d ec ision by th e Minist er of Housing and Local

had to be comp letely razed whi l st o th er areas wh ich

d evelopm ent propos ed- hou s ing, schools, playing

ha ve now bee n considered wi ll not nec essarily b e

fi eld s, district centres, shopping and soc ial

Go ve rnm ent not to pursue th e W es thoughton

red evelope d within th e nex t ten yea rs as part of th e

faciliti es of all kinds , road wo rk s- is of h igh quality

propos als furth er, only serves to emphasis e th e

c leara nce op eration ; s uch red eve lopm ent th at wil l

and in acco rdanc e wi th broad er po licy objectives

abs enc e of avai lab le sites for dw ellings to m eet

occur may w ell be spread ov er a five to ten yea r

and planning standards.

Man chester's rese ttl em ent nee ds .

period . It wi ll be rea dily apprec iated th at in th ese

Th e programm e of rebuilding th e inn er c it y within

In th e period betw een April 1965 and March 1967,

c ircumst anc es, no two areas pr ese nt id enti ca l or

a relativ ely s hort period of tim e repr ese nts a task

26 areas w ithin th e City w ere declared as clea ran ce

eve n very s im ilar probl em s; th e tec hnical diffi c ulti es

infini tely m o re delica te and more co mpl ex th an th e c rea tion of a n ew se ttl em ent on vir gin land and on

area s (involving 10,467 dw elling s); 23 housing

wh ich compr ehensiv e red eve lopm ent brings in it s wake, eve n where on ly part of th e wider ar ea is to

thi s sca le it is undoubt edly a chal leng e to th e

Comp ul sory Purchas e Ord ers for red evelopm ent purpos es had bee n mad e; 21 lo ca l public enqui ries

be red eve lop ed, have thrown up excee dingly co mpl ex

plann ers , th e archit ec t s and th e engin ee rs and to

into such areas had bee n h eld and 10 areas had

probl em s which following th e d evelopm ent s in

Loca l Gove rnm ent it se lf.

b ee n co nfirm ed (invol ving 5,498 dwellings and

planning thought wh ic h have occ ured sinc e th e

Th e shortage of land ava il abl e for d eve lopm ent

D eve lopm ent Pl an propos als have n ec es sit ated a

within th e City remai n s a ce ntral an d vi rtu ally

totalling 182 acres ). App endi x 3 (p age 33) provid es a mor e d etail ed pi cture of th e ex tent

major re-ass essm ent of th e main prim ary as w ell

intractab le problem. Th e provision of publi c op en

o f th e statutory worl1 upon which thi s D epartm ent

as th e seco nd ary road c ir c ul ati o n which i s so

sp<.ce, playing fi eld s, sc hoo ls, n ew roads and all th e att endant fac iliti es required d emand co nsid erabl e

programme.

vital to th e w ell bein g o f th e redeve lop m ent areas

has bee n enga ged as part of th e ho u sing

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Planning Briefs

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demands on limit ed resources particul arly in view of th e incre asing level of statutory work and

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pressures associat ed with the increased pace of planning propos als particularly in the City Cen tre and th e High er Education Precinct. Great emp has is continu es to be pl aced on th e consultation proc edures which hav e been establish ed between departm ents , and with all thos e likely to be affected in various ways by re development, to ensure that

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hardship is reduc ed to th e minimum and th e g reate st possibl e amount of information is mad e avail ab le

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to reduc e unc ertainty .

Apa rt from th e planning proposals for th e new Hulm e and th e Moss Sid e District Centre , wh ich

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w ere describ ed in som e detail in on e of th e D epartment' s first print ed re ports, outlin e planning br iefs hav e bee n compl et ed for Beswick, Longsight, Harpurh ey and Op ensh aw and work on bri efs for furth er areas is proc ee ding . (Se e App endi x 5 page 38) .

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Beswick

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Th e production of outlin e briefs has pl aced heavy

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Th e outlin e proposals for th e Beswick resident ial neighbourhood cov er about 300 acres ; th e area is about

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mil es from th e centre of th e City

and th e population befor e cl ea ranc e bega n was about 23,000. Th e eventu al popul ation will be about half this figur e. Th e proposals provid e a planni ng fram ework as part of th e broad er strategy of ren ewa l and are c los ely int er- conn ect ed with th e prim ary Redevelopment areas in the Inn er City. Planning Briefs have now been approved for areas 1 lo 5 inclu sive and a Brief for area 6 is now being prepared lo be followed by area 7.

road network and op en spac e propos als fo r th e vall ey of th e Riv er Medlo ck. Of parti cu lar int erest is th e prop osa l to land sca pe thi s section of the

Model of the Beswick planning proposals indicating circulation, open space pa/tern and diagrammatic form of redevelopment .

M ed lo ck Valley which ultimately will form part of a

first phase of redevelopment includes important

m uc h wider open space system which includes

proposals for the re-organisation of the primary and

sc hoo l playing fields, a central "Town Park" of

secondary road system (including the re-routing of

some 13 acres and pedestrian footpath system.

Stockport Road to allow for the creation of a large

A ltho ugh proposals for Beswick do not as in the

residential area free from through traffic with a safe

case of Hulme, include for a major district centre

and attractive environment, open space system and

t o serv e a wid er area, a rather smaller centre serving

direct pedestrian ways).

t he mo re immediate neighbourhood is included in

In the period April, 1965 to March, 1967, three sites

th e plan ning proposals and will need considerable

were d eclared as Clearance Areas (involving 2,712

fu rther d etailed study.

dwellings) and one Housing Compulsory Purchase

In th e pe riod between April, 1965 and March, 1967,

Order for redevelopment purposes was confirmed

fou r sites wer e declared as Clearance Areas

(involving 1,087 dwellings and totalling 32 acres).

(in volving 490 dwellings); five housing Compulsory

In May, 1966 an outlin e planning application for

Purch ase Orders (2,122 dwellings) for redevelopment

501 dwellings in the Gibson Street Ar ea was

pur pose s were made; six public Local Inquiries into

approved and is programmed for completion by

su ch area s were held and five area s w ere confirmed

1969/71.

(in vol vin g 2,651 dw ellings and totalling 71 acres).

In J ul y, 1966 an outline planning application for

Harpurhey

344 hi gh rise dwellings on th e Wellington Street

Th e fourth major redev elopm ent are a is Harpurh ey,

Ar ea was approved; the layout will accommodate

2t miles to the

a fur th er 150 high rise and 270 low rise dw ellings.

population of about 36,500 before any cl earance

Th e fir st 344 dw ellings are programmed for

comm enced. Harpurhey presented very diff erent

north-east of th e City C entre , with a

com pl et io n between 1969 and 1970, a~d th e

characteristics to previous ar eas and it was

remaind er by 1971.

necessary to consid er an area of about 900 acres

Lon g sig ht

order to provide a context for formulating proposals

Th e ou tline pl anning proposals for Longsight

for about 200 acres likely to be red eveloped ov er th e

which form ed a natural 'environmental are a' in

cov er an area of about 430 acr es two mil es to th e

next ten years or so as part of th e slum clearanc e

south -east of th e City Centre; th e existing popula-

programm e. Th e major part of this, som e 170 acres,

tion is abo ut 26,000. Th e ar ea of early red evelopm ent,

is within a fairly continuous area to th e ea st of

coveri ng 260 ac res, has an existing population of

Rochd ale Road and south of Moston Lan e, and it is

about 20,000 and it is exp ect ed that th e popul ation

primarily this ar ea to which th e mor e d etail ed

on redevelop m ent will be approxim ately 11,000. Th e

propos als relat e. Th e remaind er of th e

Model of th e Longsighl planning proposals indicating circulation , open space pa/t ern and ar eas of comprehen sive redevelopment .

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Model of th e H arpurhey planning proposals in dicating circulation, pedestrian footpath and open space system and diagramm atic form of redev elopment .

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prepare many det ail ed landscaped schemes.

wi ll rat iona li se th e industrial pattern of this part of

work involved in th e Cheetham area in c lud ed the

respect of pockets o f o ld er prop erty within th e res t

In th e p er iod April 1965 to March 1967, thr ee sites

Openshaw. A furth er area of unfit dw ellings to th e

declaration of six c learance area s (involving 2,139

of the area and is like ly to be more limit ed in ex tent.

were declared as c lea ranc e areas (in vo lving 672

south along Ashton Old Road cover ing 46 acres and

dwellings) and the making of two Housing

In the area to be rede ve lop ed th e population was

dw ellin gs); four Housing Compulsory Purch ase

with an approx im ate popul ation of 5,500 do es ,

Compulsory Purchase Ord ers (392 dwellings) for

about 15,000 an d th e fu ture population wh en th e

Ord ers (1 ,701 dw ellings) for redeve lopment

how eve r, lend it se lf to redeve lopm ent for housing

redeve lopm ent purposes.

pu rp oses were made; thr ee public loca l inquiri es

and serv ice fa cili t ies and its ultim at e population w ill

It is perhaps worth emphasising that th e end of th e

population over th e w ide r area considered will fall

into such areas were held and two areas w ere

fall to about 1,400. Th e progress of statutory work

first stage in replanning the inner-residential areas

to about 31,000. Thi s ta kes into account a reduction

confirmed (involving 1,051 dwellings and totalling

in Op en shaw has so far involv ed th e dec larat ion

of th e City is now in sight; once th e overall

37 acres). In February 1966 a planning applic ation

of three sites in volving 1,685 dwe lling s.

redevelopm ent during th e nex t t en years wi ll be in

area is reb uilt sh ould be abo ut 10,700. Th e futur e

in population resulting from redeve lopm ent in th e small er po cket s to be cleared elsewhere .

for th e redeve lopment of th e Lodg e Street area

Planning propo sal s for this area, wh ich includ e a

including 560 dw elling s was approved and in

Cheetham and Other Areas

new Di strict C ent re on the sca le of that proposed

Sep temb er 1966 a simi lar ap pli cation cover in g th e

Th e cl ea ranc e programm e wi ll eff ec t other areas

for Moss Sid e, presen t a part icular ly good

Turk ey Lane area and in vo lvin g 745 dw ellin gs was

covering abou t 4,200 acres, th e strategic planning of

opportunity to achi eve m uch mor e than m erely

appro ved.

which sti ll requires consideration; th ese includ e:

res identi al red evelopme nt. Th e open space and ped es tri an foot path sy stem proposed for Harpurh ey is of particu lar interest; th e proposa ls to transform the Irk V all ey in to a par k linking th e ex isting Bo ggart Hole Cl ough and Quee ns Par k are now suppl em en ted by the dec ision to partia lly rec laim and tip th e Moston Broo k Va ll ey and th e form er clay workin gs at Mo ston, wh ich wou ld eve ntu all y be landscaped . It s hould ultimate ly be pos sibl e to walk large ly thr ough ope n pa rkl and from Bogg art Hol e Clou gh, sou th throu gh th e Irk Va ll ey, through Qu ee ns Park, un der or ove r Rochda le Roa d, through th e Mo ston Broo k Va ll ey and back to Boggart H ole Cl ough , Th is op en space pa ttern wou ld b e furth er strength ened an cl exte nde d vis . uall y by th e loca ti o n of sc hool s and pl aying fie ld s. As part o f th e impl em ent arion o f landsca pin g proposa ls

Cheetham

Openshaw

planning fr amework and strategy is estab lish ed it will be necessary and possible to give more

Gorton and W es t Gorton

Th e o utlin e proposa ls for Op ensh aw cover abo ut

Newton Heath

500 ac res and th e area li es two mil es eas t of th e

Moss Sid e

City Centre. Th e ex istin g popu lation is about 15,000

P roposa ls are now being prepar ed for Ch eetham

and wi ll fall aft er redeve lopment t o just over 8,000.

an area of abo ut 1,200 ac res located 1 ~ mil es north

Th e planning propo sa ls are related to th e

of th e City C entr e with a popul ation of about 33,000.

primary road network of th e City an d th e area

About 250 ac res, with an ex isting popu lat ion of about

co ntain s a div ersity o f indu stri al and other u ses as

13,000, are lik ely to be redeve loped with in th e nex t

we ll as th e A s hton Cana l which raise particu lar

ten yea rs and th e ultimat e popu lation is li ke ly t o

land us e and circul ati o n probl ems. Althou g h th e

fall t o 9,500. Early redeve lopm ent wi ll take plac e

consideration to detailed design probl ems which arise in th e i111plementation of more specific proposals. Th e most important aspect of all is perhaps the detailed treatm ent of areas to be landscaped and th e various district and loc al centres of social act ivity. It is worth emphasising that the planning proc ess does not end after strategic objectives and a physical framework has be en out lin ed; this is really on ly just the beginning of a process in volving fir stl y th e formulation of mor e detail ed proposa ls , and secondly th e vital co-ord in ati on and follow-up during the impl ementation stages . Th e framework plans will also provide an important and necessary contex t for more detai led redeve lopment propos als which will ar is e in th e years ah ead and which will not

opportunity is being taken to introdu ce th e m ax imum

larg ely bet we en Ch eetham Hill Ro ad, th e propos ed

amo unt of res id entia l use on sites th at co uld b e

int erm ediate ring road and th e Cheetham shopping

dev elo p ed to provid e reaso nab le li vin g co ndition s

ce ntre. Th e popu lation of th e re111ain in g 880 acre s is

Fin all y, th ese p lanning bri efs or fr amework pl ans ,

a cons id erab le part o f th e area is dev oted to m ajor

ex pected to dec rease from 20,300 to 18,500 by 1981

are esse nti all y th e loca l plans referred to in the

indu stri al ac ti viti es and th e redeve lo pm ent of a

due to th e recl eve lop111 ent of iso lat ed po cke ts o f

Pl anning Advisory Group proposa ls and wi ll form a

nece ssarily be part of a slum cl ea ranc e operation.

belt o f unfit ho u sin g alon g A sht on New Road,

o lde r prop ert y. Th e ultim ate ove rall popu lati o n w ill

ve ry i111portant part of propo sa ls to be includ ed in

through o t ti u ie redevelop me nt area it wi ll be

toge th er with vaca nt land at th e jun cti on o f th e

thu s fall to abo ut 28, 000.

th e Rev iew of th e D eve lop111 ent Pl an; thi s is referred

necessary to draw up a la nds cap in g po li cy an d

A s hto n and Stockp o rt Cana ls for indu stri al purpos es

Betw ee n Apri l, 1965 and Marc h, 1967, th e statutory

to lat er in th e Report.

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Rebuilding-Progr ess in the Inner City

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By th e end ot th e period under review, a

boundary betwee n City Road and Stretford Road.

A substantial part of th e redevelopment in th e

consid era ble part of th e north ern area of th e

Ap art from th e multi-storey sect ra blocks built

A ncoats, Mil es Pl atting and Collyllurst ar eas wa s

Brunswi ck Neighbo urhood-from Brunswi ck Street

earlier, th e remaind er of th e dw ellin gs are four and

already co111p let ed by 1965.

to M ancu nian W ay, had bee n comp leted and th e

tw o-storey; thi s area of 230 dw elli ngs is now

Of th e ou t standing areas t o be redevelop ed work is

first major length of the ped es t rian footpath system

al111ost complete and occupied.

und er way in Nels on Str eet on th e red evelopmen t

m ay now be see n. Wh en Gart side Gardens which

Th e Direc tor of H ousing has als o let con t racts for

compr ising two 13-storey tow er blocks , 4-storey

was onc e a cem etery, ceases to b e a se lf-co ntain ed

Hulm e 2 betw ee n City Ro ad on th e north, and

m aisone tt es, and 2-storey flats and hous es;

green oasis and th e remaining dwellin gs now und er

Rutl and Street o n th e south; this is industrialis ed

ex tensions to th e Nelson Street Pr imary Schoo l are

construction are completed, it wil l b e possibl e to

housing an d work has pro cee ded ve ry rap idly.

proceeding. Simi lar ly, red eve lop m ent is parti ally

eva lu ate th e fi rs t 111 ajor sch em e in th e City in vo lvi ng

Hulm e 3 (north) and Hul111 e 4 are scheduled to start

comp leted in th e Collyhurst Str ee t Area in th e form

virtu ally compl et e pedestr ian and vehic ul ar

in th e 111icldl e of this year, and H ulm e 5, wh ich is

of 13-storey blocks, 4-storey maison ettes, and

separation. Consid erable attention has bee n paid

bei ng designed by M essrs . Wil son and W omersley

2-storey housing .

to lan dscaping in this area and a nu111b er of

for th e Housing Committ ee, s hould star t at th e end

A pre lim inary scheme at M erryfi eld St reet has

semi-mature tr ee s have b ee n pl ant ed; th e

of th e yea r. Outlin e planning approval was also

bee n co mmenc ed to assess th e feasibilit y of

Frank T aylor Centre for th e rehabil itation of

giv en ea rli er t his year to Hu l111e 3 (south) .

retaining some old er housing by an improv ement

hand icapped peop le des ign ed by th e City

Consid erabl e attention is b ein g given by th e

scheme and int egra ting th ese into adjoinin g

Architec t, is th e first centr e of its kind in th e City

D epartm ents concerned in th e redev elo p111 ent of

redeve lopment.

and has attracted great int eres t.

Hul111 e to landscaping and a nu111b er of sem i- matur e

In th e Hulm e Di stri ct , th e last two yea rs have seen

trees have also been planted as part of th e house

th e clea rance of virtually al l th e rema inin g un fi t

building operation.

dw ellin gs and th e cont inu ous constru ct io n of

Th e prese nt programm e envis ages th e completi on

local roads aft er th e div ersion of var ious

of th e w ho le of th e hous in g devel opm ent in Hulm e

und erground services.

by 1971, and th e bui ldi ng o f th e Di str ict C ent re

Th e new Sou th Hulm e Sec ondary School,

shou ld be started before this el ate and shou ld take

St. G eo rg e's Prim ary Schoo l, th e new part of

a numb er of years to be co mpl ete d .

St. Ignatius R.C . Second ary School, Mulb erry Stree t

T he n ew Hulm e w il l have a popu lation of abo ut

and E111d en Street Pri111 ary Schools are all virtu all y

15,000, about 5,000 new dw ellin gs, sc hoo ls,

co111p leted and are now being landsc aped.

a wid e rang e of co mmunity fa c iliti es, a town pa rk,

W o rk b ega n in 1966 on St. Phillips C. of E. Pr imary

play spaces and a Di stri ct Centre serving th e

School and at th e b eg inning o f this year on

wid er area of Mo ss Sid e.

St. Lawrenc es R.C . Infant Scho o l. Within th e

T o th e north, Manc uni an W ay now open to traffic,

period fu rt her housing w ork began on th e first

has bee n landscaped and wo rk s hould com m en ce

phas e of Hu lm e-a djac ent to the Stretford

later thi s yea r on th e Chorlto n Road Exte n sio n.

(left) Model of Hulme 5 housing redev elopmen t de路 signed by M essrs. Wilson and Wom ersley, Architects, for th e Housing Committee . (Photograph by courtesy of the Architects). (middle) Th e Franx Taylor Centre designed by the C~Y Architect, Mr. S. G. Besant Roberts. (Ph otograph Y courtesy of' th e Architec1) .

Main pedestrian way, St. George's N eighbourhood, Hulme , designed by the Director of Housing , Mr. J .

Austen Bent.

District Centres

Harpurhey

D eve lopm en t Ar ea proposals. Th ese proposa ls

shopping and social centres with a w id e range of

Th e proposals for Harpu rh ey envisage a second

are ready for subm is sion to th e Minister of Housing

commu nity and recreational fac iliti es will be required

new District Cen tre and a design and accommodation

and Loc al Gove rnm ent as soon as it is eviden t th at

in connection with th e redevelopment of the inner

bri ef will be required.

sa tisfact ory arra ng emen t s for comprehensive

Progress has been made in es tab li sh ing what new

city and which exis ting ce ntres will be remode ll ed

development ca n be made. In th e meantime th e

in th e futur e to fulfill similar functi o ns . Simil ar ly,

danger of unco-ordinated commercial deve lopm en t

further study has tak en place with rega rd to other exis ting centres at Withington , Chorlton and Wyth ensh awe. The resu lts of the Land Us e Surv ey now being processed will serve as a check to some of th e initi al assump tions which have had to be made to ens ure that development is not held up .

Th e broader implic ations of the pattern of District Centres proposed are being considered in th e context of the Revie w of th e D eve lopm ent Plan which will consider bro ader policy aspects connected with shopping, communications,

Cheetham It is already evide nt th at th e ex isting shopping centre along Ch eeth am Hill Road is th e natural nucl eus for the furth er community and socia l

th at would have worsened an already serious traffic situation and prejudiced th e achievement of a satisfactory overall scheme has bee n avo id ed.

facilities that will be required to serve th e wider area. A site for th e Abraha m Moss College of

Chorlton

Furth er Education has been approve d adjacent to

Advi so ry planning proposals which would guide

th e ex isting library an d clinic. Tog eth er with th e

redevelopment within the ex isting district centre on

major private shopping scheme which is now

Wilbraham Ro ad have been drawn up and planning

virtually complete, th ese proposals would provide

consent was given ear ly this year to a

the nucl eus of th e new centre. Consid erab le more

comprehensive shopping, office and res id en tia l

detailed planning work will be required.

scheme, incorporating a clinic and a large car-park.

It will no doubt be appreciated that apa rt from th ese

accessibility etc.

Long sight Moss Side

Proposals for district shopping facilities at

The initial planning work and the draft outline brief

Longsight and th e necessa ry so cial and community

of requirements has been the subject of

facilities to serve th e wid er area in th e long er term

inter-departmental study and elaboration . The City

will be required.

Arch itect has taken th ese initi al suggestions

district centres which will re quire considerable and continuous planning work over the years, irrespective of wh eth er th ey are to be completely new lik e Moss Sid e or Harpurh ey, or rebuilt alongsid e ex isting fac iliti es as at Ch eetham or Longsight, th ere are also other smaller centres serving th e more imm ediat e neighbo urhood and

forward to th e stage wh ere approval by th e Committ ees concerned has been granted for th e design proposals. Th e centre includ es over 600

Withington

which includ e local shopping and also other social

Th e original outline plan for Withington Vill age

and communi ty us es as at Varl ey Street, Mil es

dwellings, closely related to the commun ity, social

ha s been reappraised in th e light of comments

Plattin g, in th e Nelson Street redeve lopm ent area and th e centre to serve the Bes wi ck redeve lopm ent

and shopp ing fac iliti es . It is hop ed that progress

made by citizens of Withington at a Publi c Meeti ng

particularly in building the dwellings and th e first phase of 50 shopping units will be rapid . There are

held to discuss the original study for th e area.

area. These smaller shopping and social cen tres are

This has res ult ed in amended proposals for a ra th er

also being cons id ered and discussed with th e City

many int eres tin g and origi nal id ea s em bodi ed in

sma ll er area which cou ld be deve loped over a ten

Ar chitect and Director of Housi ng both of whom

year period being in c lud ed in Compreh ensive

are co ncerned with th e detailed arc hit ectu ral design .

this scheme which is ex tre mely forw ard looking.

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Wythenshawe Town Centre Th e scheme for th e complet ion of th e Wyth enshaw e Town C entre, referr ed to in th e fir st Report of th e D epartm ent, was approve d in August 1965. Th e revised layou t for th e Centre inc lud ed: i)

Four blocks of flats which are now nearing co mpl etion design ed by th e Dir ec tor of H ousing.

ii) A Bowling All ey now in operat ion. iii)

Apart from the ori gin al 37 shops comp leted, a furth er 19 shops are nea ring comple tion .

iv) A housing scheme comprising about 700 dwe llin gs now b eing designed by th e Dir ec tor of H ous in g.

Industrial Survey and Relocation

Con sid erab le att ention has been given to both s hort and long term indu stri al n eeds in th e Ci ty .

M any indus tri al and commercia l ent erpris es are aff ecte d by th e c lea ranc e programme and, ap art from th e s ho rtage of readi ly avai lab le indu stri al land in th e righ t locati ons an d in th e owners hi p of th e Corpor ation, it has beco me ev id ent th at many o f th e s mall er indu strial enterpris es are not abl e eas ily t o find ca pital required to build new premi se s to th e high standards w hi ch are d es irabl e ii a sa ti sfactory cha ract er is to be ach i eve d in industri al estates. It has b ee n found necessary in connection with th e Rev iew of th e D eve lopm ent Plan

Building work on th e pub li c buildings comp lex,

and because th ere is a ne ed for more up-t o-d ate

designed by th e City Arch it ec t has bee n held up

information, to carry out an indu stri al surv ey for the

by th e pr ese nt res tri cti ons on ca pital ex penditure

City ; this took pl ace in Jun e and July 1966 and a

which unfortunat ely app ly to proj ects of this

detail ed qu estionnaire was sen t to 4,000 indu stri al

character.

und ert ak ing s . Thi s w as quit e a formidabl e op erat ion and th e high rat e of respons e has bee n encou ragi ng.

About 70 % repli ed and now th e task of analysin g th e rep li es t o th e qu es tionn air es is bein g tackl ed and th e help wh ich i s being give n by th e Comput er secti on of th e City Treas urer's D epartm ent is gratefu ll y ac knowl edged.

Th e first resu lt s s h ou l d be ava il able toward s th e en d of th e year providing info rmation on th e t yp es of firm s, th eir loca ti on and link ages, and th e

(above) Wyth enshawe Town Centre. N ew 8-s torey dwellings designed by the D irector of Housing, Mr. J. Austen Bent, now close th e shopping vista .

operationa l probl em s l ac ing th em in M an c hest er.

Wythen sh awe Hospital M aternity Unit designed by M essrs. Powell and M oya, Architects . (Photograph by courtesy of the Architects).

provid e more adeq uate guidance on both s hort term

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It is also hop ed th at in th e co ntex t of th e D eve lo pm ent Pl an Rev iew th e res ult s of s u rv ey will

and ultim at e land requ irem ent s.

Capital Development and Site Selection

An important and increasing part of th e work of th e

A co mp lem entary and parallel survey of employme nt

ava il abl e is about 60 ac res, though alm ost on e third

has also b ee n carried out. Th is covered all 8,500

is required ultimately for major road works; abou t

com me rc ial an d industrial es tablishm ents in the

ano th er 85 acres of ind ustrial land w ill become

deve lopmen t by var io us Committees of th e

City and in forma tion was derived partly fr o m

avai labl e as a res ult of c lea rance between 1967 and

Corporation. Steps have to b e taken to ens ure that

officia l sources and partly by posta l surveys. Th e

1973. Th e D epartmen t is, th ere fore, exa mining

results of thi s survey wil l provide basic in formation

tog eth er with the City Estates D epartmen t , th e

for emp loy m ent projections n ecessary for the

possibilities of acqu iring s ites which would be

Review, and w ill be co-re lated with other informati o n

su itab le for th e co n struction of terr ace d and

suc h as traffic generation. A s all this information

flatted factories which might be lea sed to

is to be store d and ana lysed with th e help of the

su itabl e displ aced firms . Fra m ework plan s have been

imm ediate, or short term, developm en t programm es

prepared for th e Car lisle Stree t and Kay Stree t

of C orpora ti on C om mittees is based largely up on

Comp uter, toget her wi th th e land us e survey w hi c h is refer red to later, the foundations are being laid for a data ban k for the City which cou ld eventua lly be ex pa nd ed to include informati on relating to many oth er serv ic es in a com patibl e form .

A s an interim mea sure, a report on indu stri al relocation was pre pared in S ep temb er 1966. Thi s hig hli ghted prob lems of m ainl y sma ll firm s dependent on low re ntals and local labour fac ed

D epartm ent co ncerns th e choice of sites for

land wi ll be avai labl e in th e long term for all essen ti al public serv ices where th ese are prov ided by th e Corporati on or by other publi c Auth or iti es.

Sites mu st be def in ed with prec ision as th e developm ent of land by th e Corporati on for buildings or oth er faci lities becomes imminent. Th e

Ind ustri al Ar eas; th e Carlisl e Street area forming

th e forecas ts of capi tal inv es tm ent for three to

part of th e larger Bradford Indu stri al Ar ea for which

fiv e years ahead. Long term futu re requ irem ents for

a planning bri ef is be in g prepared . Framewor k plans

pub lic development also have to be drawn

and bri efs als o have to be prepared for other industrial areas nee ding improvement and development ; careful attention has been given to standards, problems of access and parking, loading and unl oad in g, im proved types of fencing and

up. All deve lop in g departments of the Corporation and a larg e number of o ut side public and se mi-public auth oriti es includin g Go vern men! D epartm ents have been asked to s up ply inf orma tion abo ut th eir pr ese nt land holdings and futur e needs in th e City up to abo ut 1981, so

with relocat ion ar is ing from c lea ranc e. Th e inc reased

land scaping.

rate of c learance and th e decision to ensure m ore

On e of th e City 's major build in g proj ects is

m ade to meet thes e long term requirem ents wi th in

com prehensive re development appea red to have

th e re location of the Smithf ield Wh olesa le

th e co nt ex t of th e Revi ew of th e City D eve lopm ent

led to a s hort ter m shor tage of land read il y

Fru it, V egetab le and Fi s h Mark et on th e former

Pl an. Th e site re quir em ent s of a si mi lar ra nge of

avail ab le for reloca tion. Many of th e ava il ab le

locomotive works at Gorton. Thi s proj ect, wh ich is

departments and authoriti es have alrea dy bee n

sit es th eoret ical ly ca pab le of development for

being des ign ed by th e City Ar c hitect , has bee n th e

embodi ed in th e ou tlin e plannin g bri efs or dis tri ct

ind ustrial use, we re less than one acre in ex tent,

s ubject o f furth er disc u ss ion and co n s ultati on

plans alread y desc ribed . Durin g th e period very

and the area in Co rpora ti o n ownership was ve ry

between th e various departm en t s concerned;

c lose and va lu ab le wo rkin g arrang em ents have b ee n

lim it ed. On t he ot her hand a m ajor so urc e o f land

carefu l attent ion has been giv en to th e pl anning ,

develop ed on th e selection of sites with th e Cit y

fo r relocation is now bei ng provid ed by th e clea ran ce

th at pol ic ies can be formu late d and all ocati o n s

highway and landscaping prob lem s assoc iated w ith

Ar ch itect and the City Estates and V alua tion Offic er,

of un fit houses on land zon ed for industry and th e

a sche m e th at w ill cover 40 acres and wh ich wi ll

and fo r th e education building programm e with th e

total amount of industria l land which s h ou ld b e mad e

be a major traffic gene rator.

Chi ef Educati on Offi ce r.

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Sketches showing proposed treatment of the Rochdale Canal by courtesy of the Consultants, Derek Lovejoy and Associates; the Canal is opened up as a pedestrian greenway and a shallow waler treatment, earth moulding and tree planting are central features of the outline scheme.

Photograph looking north along the line of the Rochdale Canal; in the foreground the Canal Basin and beyond the obsolescent industrial pattern of the nineteenth century.

Environment and Landscaping

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Although it has been necessary to give priority

vital to seek authority through the 1965 Rochd ale

to the planning areas affected by slum clearance,

Canal Act to acquire the canal, remove the dan gers,

the Department is now beginning to consider the

and to improve its appearance. In consequence, a

first areas where groups of dwellings will be

preliminary study and report for the landscapin g

improved as opposed to being demolished. There

and treatment of the canal has been drawn up by

will be opportunities to improve also the wider

Derek Lovejoy and Associates in association with

environment and it will be necessary to collaborate

G. H. Hill and Sons, which has now been approved

closely with the Medical Officer of Health; the

by the City Council. It is suggested that a very

conservation and improvement of older areas of the

shallow open water treatment could make the

City where wholesale demolition will not take place,

canal safe whilst retaining a feature of charact er

will become of increasing importance as the

and interest. The line of the canal would remai n

clearance programme is successfully accomplished.

in the form of a pedestrian greEn way linked with

Further progress has been made on the strategy for

shallow water cascades, paved play spaces and

the reclamation of derelict areas in accordance with

sitting areas. It is hoped that it will be possibl e

overall planning proposals for "green finger"

to go ahead with detailed proposals that can be

treatment along the river valleys and canals where

carried out as soon as possible.

some of th e worst dereliction is concentrated.

Proposals for the culverting, partial filling and

Since the outline scheme for th e 100 acres

landscaping of th e Maston Brook-an essenti al

Irk Valley Park was prepared, which was describ ed

element in th e linked open spac e and landscap ing

in the last report, a second stage of th e Irk Vall ey

treatm ent propos ed in the District Plan for

Scheme covering a furth er 200 acres has been

Harpurhey, have also been approv ed in principl e.

approv ed and will be incorporated as an amendment ;

Comprehensive study of th e full length of th e

to th e Dev elopm ent Plan. Detail ed landscaping

Mersey Vall ey und ertak en by th e D epartm ent

proposals are, th erefor e, required for about 300 acres

tog eth er with Lancashire and Cheshir e County

of th e Irk Vall ey.

Planning D epa rtments on behalf of a workin g party

Th e Rochdal e Canal Act of 1952 effectiv ely allow ed

of T ec hnical Offic ers, has been prepared whi ch

th e denavigation of th e canal excep t for a short

reco mm ends, among other things, major

length in Manch es ter forming th e link betw een th e

landscap ing of th e va ll ey which should be used

Bridg ewater Canal and th e Ashton Canal, a distanc e

intensi ve ly as a lin ear park and recreational area t o

of about 2* miles. From 1952 to date the condition

serve th e south of th e City reg ion . It is propo sed

of th e denav igated section of th e canal has

th at a joint co mmitt ee be set up to co-ordin ate

deteriorated and presents a danger particularly to

propo sa ls for th e treatment of th e va ll ey. In thi s

children. The City Council, th erefore, cons id ered it

co nn ect ion further progr ess has also been mad e

towa rds impl ementing proposals previously

is an increasing volume of landscap ing work

ap pro ved in principle by the College of Science and

arising out ot the detailed consideration of housing

Tec hnology for the tipping and reclamation of the

and other Corporation building schemes,

Hard y Farm area of the valley for use as playing fie lds.

particularly the relationship of major schools and playing fields to the open space pattern as a whole.

The Department, in close consultation with the

It is of vital importanc e that landscaping design

C ity Engineer's Department has also drawn up

should be carried out at the same time as the

prop os als for the detailed landscaping of the fringe

planning and design of the development itself,

areas of Mancunian Way; the impl em entation of

ii is not a veneer which can be app li ed afterwards

these landscaping proposals, including the major

because in most cases landscaping considerations

ro unda bouts, is now approaching completion.

are very relevant to the initi al and basic planning

T h e importance of th e landscaping aspects of the

and design decisions which have to be taken.

many important projects now being planned or

Princess Parkway, now affected by th e new road

carried o ut can not be over-stated. Wh en the

proposals is still probably th e fin es t examp le of

plann in g and development in connection with the

urban parkway treatm en t in this country . As

slum c lea ranc e programme is complete, the new

Princ ess Parkway in its present form must inevitably

comm unities will eith er ex tend over or influenc e

and most regrettably be affected, it is important th at

somet hi ng lik e one third of the City. Perhaps more

the new roads which replace it should be

th an any oth er s ingl e factor, not exc luding the

worthy successors landscaped to th e highest

arc hi tect ure of th e buildings themselves, the

standards of design and quality.

attracti ve ness of these new areas will depend on th e quali ty and adequacy of th e lands cap ing treatme nt w hi c h th ey receive. Ap art from the redevelop m en t areas th emselves, there are th e other major pro j ects hav ing landscap ing implic ations th at are h ig h o n th e li st of prioriti es; these includ e maj or hig hw ay pro j ect s suc h as th e proposals for P rin cess Parkway , wh ich will provide Manch es ter w ith an esse ntial link to th e Nationa l Motorway Sy stem, th e Sa le Eas tern By-pass through th e M ersey Va ll ey, the extens ion to Chorlton Road and Prin cess Road Ex ten sion through Hulm e, all of

Landscaping and planting lo Man cunian Way.

whi ch demand pos itiv e landsc aping ac ti on. Th ere

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C 't ' Y Centre- Red evelopmen t

diagramm:/~ctn,an circulali~~alsofor

<:omprehens 路 indicating P~~e planning prop and 5 City Cent re , pen the ,orm of redeve lopment. pace pattern

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Lo wer part of th e Civic Area developm ent showing Cro wn Square with ne w Edu cation D epartmen t Offices designed by M essrs. Leach, Rhodes and Walk er, A rchitects.

The most encourag ing aspect so far as th e City Ce ntre is concerne d is th e n umb er and vo lum e of majo r bui lding proj ec ts und er co nstructio n and th e

building . In th e U ppe r Civic Area betw een D eansgate and th e T own Hall planning approva l has been given for a major private office developm ent

larg e numb er of planning app ro va ls which have bee n negotiate d for projects to be built over th e next few years . This cons id erabl e building activity as well

th oug h it is not certa in at this point in tirn e when th e dev elopm ent will be carried out. Th e comp letion of th e Low er Ci vic Area, particula rly aro und Crown

as t he plann ing consents is , of co urs e, related to t he va rious adv isory schemes which have already bee n approved as a gu id e to developm ent; a more

Squ are wil l prese nt an opportun ity to make Crown Squ are into a major pedes tri an paved an d plant ed space and powe rs are bein g so ug ht in the

detail ed analysis and descript ion of the cen tral area pla nning wo rk wil l be ava il ab le when th e draft T own Cent re proposa ls are presente d sho rtly .

Par li amen tary Bill for 1967 to m ake poss ibl e th e clos in g of street s to ve hicul ar tr affic for environm ental reasons . An assess m ent of th e

Civ ic A rea

po ss ibl e need for future civic accomm odat io n was prepared by the City Arc hit ec t and th e City

New b uildi ng s wh ic h ha ve bee n comp leted are Sco ttis h Life House in Crown Squ are, Quay Hou se, in Qu ay Street, offices in Ridg ef ield, and offices and

Pl anni ng Off icer which has imp orta nt plann ing implicati ons for th e area.

sh ops in St. Jam es's Squ are. In th e Low er Civi c A rea the f irs t phase of th e majo r scheme extendin g fr om Deans gate to Crown Squ are is alm ost co mpl ete and w ill be occ upi ed by th e Educatio n D epartme nt. It is hoped th at th e remaind er of this developm e nt for w hich detai led consent has bee n gi ven, wil l proceed imm ed iately and that bu ilding work will co mm enc e later this year on th e n ew Mag istrates Co urt, des ign ed by York e, Rosenbe r g and Mardall in associat ion with th e City Arc hitect; th is prom ises to b e a building of th e hi gh est arch itectura l qua lity and has bee n carefu ll y con sidered in relations hip to Crown Square and th e oth er developm ents describe d. Appr ova l has al so bee n give n to an ex ten sio n to Ryl ands Lib rary des igned to be in charact er with th e ex istin g

(Ab ove) Proposed City Ma gistrate s Square, designed by Me ssrs. York e, M ardall, Architect s, in associati on Architect , Mr. S. G. Besant-R oberts. court esy of th e Architect s) .

Courts, Crown Rosenberg and with the City (Photogr aph by

Aerial perspect ive of th e Advisory Scheme prepared in 1962 for th e area between th e Town Hall and th e Courts of Ju stice .

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The Market Place and Cathedral Area

professional consu ltants to work with th e local

Following discussions between th e D epa rtment ,

authorities and other interests concerned with th e

th e City Engine er and th e City Engin ee r of Salford ,

need to improve the surroundings to th e C ath ed ral.

it has been found possible to mod ify th e alignment

A repor t setting out guide lin es has b een publish ed

of th e City C en tre Ro ad to the north of Exc hang e

an d this ca ll s att ention to th e inadequacy of th e

and Victoria Stations in Salford; th e previous

Cath ed ral surroundings at th e present tim e.

alignment from Alb ert Bridg e along th e Ri ve r lrwell an d up Cannon Str ee t had caused a number of importan t eng in eer ing and planning difficulties,

The Market Street Area

particularly with regard to th e re lati o nship between

Furth er st udy of th e Advisory Sch em e for th e heart

th e Cath edral and th e Mark et Pl ace Area. Th e new

of th e City' s shopping area h as resu lt ed in a numb er

ali g nm ent has mad e it possib le to modify th e

of modifications and dis cussi ons with prospect iv e

orig in al Advisory Sch em e for th e Cath ed ral Area

developers have continued, particul arly for the area

and thi s has now bee n discussed with th e

betw ee n Market Stree t and Wit hy Gro ve.

Royal Fin e Arts Commission and th e Cath ed ral

Compreh ensive D eve lopm ent Area proposals for

Authoriti es; a rev is ed scheme for th e whole of th e

th e Mar ket Stree t Area were submitted to th e

M ark et Pl ace Ar ea up to th e Riv er lrw ell , s ubmitt ed

Minister of Housing and Local Gov ernm ent in

by private dev elop ers, has now rece iv ed out lin e

Septemb er 1966. Nego tiations wh ich h ad been

co ns ent. The new proposa ls provide for improv ed

tak in g pl ace over a numb er of years with M essrs.

connections with th e Cathedral Pr ec in ct and an

Arnd ale Prop erty Trust Ltd . cu lmin ated in th e

area of public open space in keeping with th e

submiss ion of an outline pl anning ap plic ation at th e

c hara cter of this hist oric part of th e City . Th e

b egi nning of this year fo r th e area between

sc h em e, an d ind ee d several other develo pm en t s

Mark et Street and Withy Grov e. In view of th e fact

ap proved in th e Parson age area wi ll make it possible

th at an inquiry into th e C.D.A. propo sals would be

to open up a frontag e to th e river so th at in th e

necessar y, an d also in view of th e va rious

lon g ter m a riv ersid e way may be pro vid ed. It is also

objections which had been rece iv ed into both th e

fitting to commend th e far-s ighted outlook of th e

C .D .A . and th e planning app li cation, th e Minister of

Cath edral Authoriti es who have not on ly had th e

Housing and Loca l Go ve rnm ent cal led in th e

Cathedra l cleaned but have appo int ed

app li ca tion and inform ed th e Corp orati o n th at he proposed to hold an inquiry into both th e C.D .A . and th e app li cation; th e inquiry is lik ely to be h eld

Model of th e Cathedral Area Advisory Scheme with the M arkel Place proposals on th e left and Corn Exchange proposals on the right.

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tow ards the end of 1967.

The fi rs t phase of th e M ark et Centre D ev elopm ent

has now been completed and is virtually full y let.

The Nicholas Street Area

It is worth noting th at most of the shopping spaces

C.D.A. proposals have now be en prepared for th e

take th e form of small units particularly suitable

area ea rm ar ked for an Arts Centre and it is hop ed

for the smaller shopkeeper. D emo lition of th e old

th at furth er progress w ill be made towards th e

G.P.O. building has now been comp leted and th e

rea li sati o n of thi s imp ortant sc hem e in th e near

second phase should co mm ence thi s year. Thi s

futur e. In this part of th e City the Pi ccad illy Pl aza

sc hem e will provide a new head Pos t Office with

offi ces and hotel, th e St. J am es's Club in

shopp ing at gro und and basemen t leve ls link ed

Charlotte Stree t, and th e T elepho ne Building in

to the M ark et Centre across Br own Street at

George Street have all been co mpl eted. D etail ed

basement leve l; it is hop ed th at sub j ect to further

co n sen t was given to a new B ank o f England

traffic investigations it may be possible to c lose

building o n Portl and Street, to th e rear of the

Brown Street allo w ing fr ee pedestrian movement

Pi ccad ill y Hotel ; thi s is ano th er maj o r project of hi gh

and amen ity treatmen t betw ee n th e tw o halves of

q uality and it is hop ed th at work will begin thi s year.

t he sc heme at ground leve l. A numb er of other

A new building f or th e Commercial Union

important buildings are still under cons tru cti on;

A ss uran ce Co. has been co m p leted on a sit e

the Oddfellows building in Foun tain Street, off ices

ad jacen t t o th e City Art Gall ery and specia l care

and showrooms in High Street / Church Street , and

was tal1en in th e design to create a sa ti sfact ory

th e co-o rdin ated building d eve lopmen t for th e Sun

re lation s hip bet wee n th e t wo buildings.

Alliance- Lo ndo n Assurance Group and the Di stri ct Bank in King Street , where a new open space ava il ab le to th e public, forms an int egra l part of the sc heme .

(Top) Proposed new N orthern Regional H eadquarters for the 8.8 .C. designed by Building D esign Partnership , Arch itects, (Ph otograph by courtesy of the Architects).

(Middle) SI. James's Club and Offices, Charla/le Street, designed by Messrs . Gun/on and Gunlon, Architects, (Perspective by courtesy of th e Architec ts).

Th e new M arkel Centre designed by Mes srs. Cruicl<.shank and Seward, Architects.

(Left) Commercial Union A ssuran ce Company building, Mosley Street, designed by Me ssrs. D an iel Waln ey Eiloarl Inman & Nunn , Architects. (Photograph by courte sy of /h e Architects ).

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(left) Proposed new Bank of England, Par/land Street, designed by M essrs. Fitzroy Robinson & Partner s, Architects. (Photograph by courtesy of the Architects). (below) Perspective of London Assurance Group development under construction in King Stree t designed

by M essrs. Breit and Pollen in association with A. L. Broth erton & Partners. (Perspective by courtesy of th e Architects ).

A fifth Advisory Sch em e which had to b e

made in settling the app ropri ate primary and secondary highw ay network for th e City Cen tre in

nec essar ily of a tentati ve natur e at this stag e was to

relat ion to futur e land us es, and th e rev is ed

Central Station Area

prepare for th e area which indicated one way in

propos als will also be th e subject of a joint report

which this part of th e City Centre might be

of th e var ious officers concern ed. Th e res olution of th ese probl ems tog ether with th e Car Park ing

deve lop ed; th e area includ es th e Central Station Train Hall which is li st ed as a building of sp eci al

Report referr ed to, has now m ade it possibl e to finalis e

architectural and hi stori ca l int eres t and is shown

th e draft City Centre Map and Policy propos als.

as retain ed, possibly for us e as an Exhibition Hall ;

Th e growing importance of th e reg ion al functions

th e area is particul arly suitabl e for major car

carried out in th e City Cen tre may now be see n

parking t erminal faci liti es and would also be

mor e c lea rl y; apart from th e rapid ex pan sion of

suitabl e for res id ential accommodat io n, a m easu re

faciliti es for high er ed ucation , th ere h as been

of offic e and oth er us es as we ll as ope n space.

steady grow th in th e number of regional offices of

A policy report conc ern ed with the vit al qu estion

Gov ernm ent departments, th e proposals f or th e B.B.C. Reg ional Headquarters, th e establishm ent

of re-introdu cing res id ential acco mmod at ion int o

of th e Nation al Computing C en tre, th e first inst allm ent of which is th e completion of a building

th e City Centre was approv ed and th e Smithfi eld Mark et Area, th e Byrom Stree t Area and th e Central Station / Low er Mosl ey Street Area w ere

to hous e th e computers th emse lv es, th e d ecision to

considered suitabl e areas and are now being

es tablish a major Busin ess School within th e

studied furth er to determin e their residential potential. Th e Smithfi eld Mar ket Area, about 14 acr es

landsc aped station ap pro ac h is und er construction.

Th e completed schem e should provid e a more fitting gateway for rail pass eng ers arriving in th e City .

in ex tent, provid es th e opportunity for a first c la ss

Th ese areas, deve lop ed in th e m ai n for res id enti al us e, would not only bring som e lif e to th e Centra l Area at all tim es, but would also stimul ate other forms of development.

Ap art from th e developm ents tak ing plac e within areas for which Ad visory Sc hemes hav e bee n

Model of the Advisory Scheme (or the Central Station Area and M osley Street area in cludin g th e proposed Aris C entre.

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environm ent of th e City C entre still leaves a great dea l to be desired, though m any buildings have b een

resid ential scheme which could completely transform the charact er of th e north ern fring es of th e C entre.

High er Educ ation Prec inct and mor e evid en ce of furth er ex pansion in banking. Th e quality and

Draft City Centre Proposals

cl ea n ed including th e Cath edral and th e old T own

Following the joint report o f th e City Engin ee r and

Hall; in consultation with th e Civic Tru st, studi es

Surv eyor , th e Transport Manager, th e Chi ef

are b eing und ertaken to see if furth er ar eas may be

Constable and th e City Pl anning Offic er, on Car

res erv ed for th e pedestrian; St. Ann's Squ are and

Par king in C entral Manc hester, a basic elem ent in

Crown Square which len d th ems elv es to partial

any town centre pl an, th e D epartm ent has taken part in var ious consultations and furth er detail ed study in connection with th e report and th e n eed to

or compl ete closure to traffic, are cas es in point.

Although th e pr ese nce of und erground se rvices mak es tree planting in the City Centr e difficult,

prep ared, th ere are severa l oth er schem es und er

impl em ent car parking proposals as soon as

construction. Pi ccad illy Station, following

possibl e. Th e D epartm ent s of th e City Engin ee r and

ele ctrification o f th e lin e to London , is now completed and a n ew office block with s hopp in g

th e City Planning Offic er hav e bee n working as a tea m on probl ems co nn ected with highway and land

stu died in detail by th e City Engin ee r from th e

units and in c luding with a reco n stru cted and

use pl anning; very cons id erabl e progress has bee n

se rvic es as pec t.

possibl e sit es for a consid erabl e numb er of tre es have bee n sugges ted and th ese are now being

Propo sed College of Music designed by Bickerdike , Allen and Partners , Architects. (Photograph by courtesy of the Architects) .

Manchester Higher Education Precinct

(lop left) Model of th e overall plan for the Educa tion Precin ct. Planning Con sultants : Me ssrs. Wilson & Womersley . (Photograph by courtesy of th e Consultant).

Humanitie s Building, M anchester University , designed

by Building D esign Partnership, Architects. (Photo graph by courtesy of the Arch it ects).

During the period under review the Amendment

throughout areas of new developm ent in the Precinct

to the approved Developm ent Plan for th e Education

to provide for pedestrian circulation separate from

Precinct, was submitted to the Minister of Housing

vehicles. In addition, n ew buildings for the Town

and Local Government together with two concurrent

Planning and Architecture Schools, Computer

Compulsory Purchase Orders for land for new

Scienc es, Busin ess School, Medical School Stag e I,

Education projects; a Public Inquiry was held in

Precinct Centre including shops and residential

January of this year and the Minister's decision

accommodation, two churches and an Ecum enical

is expected later in th e year. In addition the

Chaplaincy are in building programmes and should

Clifford Street and High er Ormond Str eet Housing

be under construction by 1968/ 69. On the City's

Act Compulsory Purchase Orders, promot ed to

sid e, the College of Art and Design Extension

clear unfit houses in th e Precinct area, were

is complete and new buildings for the Co lleg e of

submitted to th e Ministry, public inquiri es held,

Adult Education and a Hall of Resid enc e for 200

and the Orders have bee n confirmed with minor

students are in the 1967/ 68 building programm e. Th e

modifications.

site of th e Colleg e of Music is now being cleared

Whilst this statutory work was b eing carried out,

and construction should start early next year.

th e preparation of more detail ed proposals for th e

Th e Institute of Science and T echnology has now

Precinct, following on the Interim Report of

develop ed most of Area ' A' north of Mancunian

Septemb er 1964, has gone ahead rapidly. The

Way, between Sackville Street and London Road

Final Report of the Consultants ''' has be en rece ived

and a start has be en mad e on th e final proj ect in

and acce pt ed in principl e by th e Precinct Joint

this part of th e Campus at th e junction of

Planning Committ ee and has been referred to the

London Ro ad and Mancunian Way.

constituent m emb ers, i. e. the City, the University,

Furth er des ign work is being carried out on th e

th e Institute of Sci enc e and T ec hnology, and th e

pl anning of Area 'B' betw ee n Sac kvill e Stree t and

United Manch es ter Hospitals.

Princ ess Stre et and on th e first stage of th e

On th e ground, th e Sci enc e Quadrangl e at the

residential accommodation in th e Stud ent Quart er

University is virtually complete and th e Economics

in th e main body of th e Prec inct, to start in 1968/ 69.

and Soci al Sci enc es Building in Dov er Street and

For th e Unit ed M anch est er Hospitals , a start has

th e Humaniti es Building s including th e Univ ersity

now bee n made on th e n ew St. Mary ' s M at ernity

Th ea tr e are finish ed; th e Arts Building Stage Ill

Ho spital on th e north side of Hath ersa ge Ro ad and

and th e M ath em atics Building are under

thi s will eventually provid e 175 beds and repl ace

construction; th e latter is particul arly s ignificant

th e old St. Mary 's at prese nt lo ca ted o n th e co rn er

as it in corpo rates th e fir st stage of th e upper

of Whitworth Str eet W es t and Oxford Str ee t.

level pedestrian deck to b e impl em ent ed

D etail s of all th e projects co mpl eted, und er

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construction or hav ing received planning permission in th e period under review are shown in

(left) Pedestrian link between the College of Art and Design and the recently completed extension designed by the City Architect, Mr. S. G. Besant Roberts.

App endices 10, 11 and 12 (pages 44, 45 and 46) .

Th e City Planning Officer, at the request of the Precinct Committee, convened a Working Party on Sports Facilities in the Precinct and following a

Proposed new SI. Mary's Maternity Hospital, Halhersage Road, United Manchester Hospitals, designed by Walkins, Gray and Partners , Architects . (Photograph by courtesy of the Architects) .

Review of the Development Plan

Th e D eve lopment Plan for the City was submitted to th e Minister of Housing and Local Gov ernme nt in 1951 and approved in 1961. The Town and Country Planning Act 1962, requires that Developm ent Pl ans be reviewed every five years from th e date of th e Minister's approval. During the fifteen years since the Plan was prepared very considerable changes

series of working meetings a report of th e Working

hav e take n place, in particular the revision upwards

Party was prepared; this has been approved by the

of population trends, th e unforeseen rate of

Joint Committee and has been referred, with the

increas e of motor cars and, of course, very

Final Report to the constituent members .

significant changes hav e taken place in th e commercial and industri al structure. Th e Land Us e

* All the projects mentioned are being developed in

Surv ey , which is a statutory requirement of any

accorda nc e with the overall proposals prepared by M essrs. Hugh Wilson and Lew is Womersl ey, the planning consultants for the Precinct. and the positive results of all this activity should begin to be clearly seen over th e next few years.

(below) Perspective of proposed Mathematics and Social Sciences and Electrical Engineering complex, Institute of Science and Te ch nology designed by Messrs.

Cruickshank and Seward Architects (Drawing by courtesy of the Architects).

Revi ew, was designed to take full advantage of computer application and to be capable of continuous revision. Work on th e outside survey was carried out by a team of tempora ry ass istant s in the summer and autumn of 1965 and now the very complex task of processing th e survey data for fe edi n g to the computer is taking place. Whilst th e Land U se, Industry and Employment Surv eys and analyses acco unt for th e major part of the research programme undertaken as part of th e Review, a study of the City in its regional context, as w ell as basic research into population changes, has also been carried out. Studi es of th e age/ sex structu re of both planned and voluntary migrants from th e City in rec ent years will also allcw an accurate assessmen t to be mad e of th e structure of population in 1981. D etailed studies of the ag e and and household compos ition of population s in c lea ranc e area tog eth er with pr edictions as to th e ways in which th ese might c hange hav e

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bee n undertaken. Th ese will provid e a much firmer

the study, tog eth er with officers of British Rail and

bas is for th e design of redevelopment areas in th e

the Ministry of Transport , are studying th e

present an overall statistical breakdown of the

City; the processing and presentation of this work

possibiliti es of making bett er us e of th e area's

volume of statutory work und ertaken. Behind th e

prog ra mm e is w ell advanced . Th e D epa rtment has

ex isting transport facilities . Th e Planning

statistics th ere are people and more than 150 a w eek

con ti nued to mak e its contribution to th e

D epartment has been involv ed in both aspects of

visit the D epartm ent to discuss their planning

S.E. L.N.E.C . Land Use/Transportation Study . Much

th e study. In co-operation with th e Consultants,

probl ems or ideas for development. Th e aim of

of t his study is of nece ssity concerned with

D e Leuw, Cath er and Partn ers, in association with

improving pl anning standards, to encou rage a high er

Development Applications

Th e appendic es, particularly App endi x 13 (page 47)

Lan d-Use planning and projections of Land Use,

Henn es sy, Chadwick, O'H eo cha and Partn ers ,

quality of development and to co-ordinate th e

Indus try and Employment information. The surv ey

enviro nm ent al criteria have bee n formulated for

various separate private projects requires skill and determin ation and abov e all tim e and patience.

prog ramme alrea dy desc rib ed provided esse nti al

ap plic ation to Rapid Transit proposals . Th e study of

mate rial for th ese for ecas ts in sufficient detail to be

ex isting facilities has called for extensive research

In th e last reso rt, th e success of any plan dep ends

of va lu e for the purposes of th e study.

on th e quality of work carried out on th e ground,

In 1966, th e D epa rtm ent of Educ ation an d Scienc e,

into th e re lati o nships betw ee n land deve lop men t and transport in the area, and into th e operational

asked local authoriti es to und ertake a survey of

problems of co nstraints o n road us e.

facilities for sport and physical rec reation ; th e surv ey in Manc hester was carried out jointly by th e Edu cat ion , Parks, Baths and Pl anning D epartm ents. Th e results

Brookfield Court, designed by the North of England Building Design Consortium , an example of increasing private re siden tial schemes.

an d deve lopm ent control is regarded as a positive process of planning as opposed to a ro utin e acti vity. Th e work in considering ap pli cations for development has be en re-o rga nised, and st rea mlin ed, and co nsiderab le improv emen t in

pro vid e a compre hens ive record of the provision

adminis trati ve procedures and record ing method s

an d use of faci liti es and have bee n mad e ava il ab le

has bee n mad e. Th e va lu e of cons ult ation

to th e North W est Sp orts Council. Th e City

is nowh ere mo re apparent th an in th e att empts

Pl ann ing Offic er is Vice- Ch airman of th e T ec hn ical

made to cut down th e n umb er of cases which

Pan el of t he Sports Cou nci l and th e D epartm ent is

ac tu ally com e to an App ea l t o th e Mini ster of

takin g an ac tiv e par t in th e Council 's resea rch

H o using an d Lo ca l Gov ernm ent. Of 69 appea ls

prog ram me.

following a refus al of plannin g permi ss ion by th e

Tran spo rtat io n is th e most exa ctin g prob lem facing

Council lod ged with th e Mini st er in th e two years

an urban pla nning aut hority . Fo ll owing a joint report

from 1st April 1965, only 17 actu all y w ent to app ea l,

on Rapid Tra nsit to th e City Council in J anu ary 1966

28 have bee n withdrawn and dis c uss ion s are

th e Manches te r Rapid Transit Study was

proc ee ding with th e remaind er.

establi shed. Work on thi s proj ec t consis ts of two

Two reports , th e fir st putt in g forw ard a draft pol icy

compl emen tary studi es; on e in wh ich th e

o n th e spa cin g and d is tributio n of petrol stations on

comp arat ive feasib ility of different sys tems is being

which th e Mi ni stry of Ho usin g and Lo ca l Governme nt

inv esti gated by a firm of co nsultants , and on e in

have bee n asked for th eir views, th e seco nd

Whi ch Offi ce rs o f th e D epartm ent s repr ese nted

dea li ng with Tr ee Prese rva tion w ere prese nt ed .

011

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Civic Trust Awards 1966

(above) Commended. District Library, Stretford Road, Hulme , designed by the City Architect, Mr. S. G. Besant Roberts. (Photograph by courtesy of the City Architect .)

(right) Award. Owens Park Student Village , Fallowfield, designed by Building Design Partnership , Architects.

(Photograph by courtesy of the Architects) .

(below) Commended. Albany Court, Everett Road, Withington, designed by Peter Jordan , Architects.

(Photograph by courtesy of ihe Architects) .

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blic Relations

The De partme nt has b ee n stretch ed to th e limit by

planning proposals for th e City Centre. Many other

t he in c reas ing vo lum e of public relations ac ti viti es,

smaller mod els have b ee n built and a furth er mod el

visits of all kinds, talks , req uest s for articles, etc .

of th e entire City to a smaller scale i s also in

Public re lations and consultations are recognised

course of pr eparati o n which w ill be of direct

as an esse nti al part of th e planning proc ess-a

releva nc e to th e proposals contain ed in the rev iew

valua ble bridge b etw ee n th e planning authority and

of th e D eve lopm en t Pl an.

cit ize n. Th e possibilities for positive work in this

Th e D epa rtm ent co ntribut ed a section on th e

directio n are ve ry co nsid erabl e and a great dea l

replanning of th e City for an ex hibition on display

remai ns to b e don e to ex plain th e City's policies

at th e International Road Co ngress held in London

and improve th e imag e of planning; neve rth eless

last yea r. Small er ex hibitions have bee n mount ed

des pi te limit ed tec hnical and fin anc ial reso urc es ,

with more limit ed objectives for eve nts such as th e

a co ns id erabl e contribution has bee n mad e to

Careers Convention held at Wilbraham Ro ad

publ ic relations work g enerally by m emb ers of th e

T ec hnic al School las t year.

D epa rtment.

Th e res pons e from th e public to th ese initi al

Per ha ps th e most important eve nt was th e

attempts to convey th e scale an d character of

Dep artment's first public ex hibition staged in th e

planning propos als has b ee n most encouraging

Tow n Hall Exhibition Centre for thr ee weeks in

and it is apparent that this is a very important aspect

Oct ober 1965. At leas t 10,000 peo pl e visited the

of our work; th e need for a suitable hom e for a

ex hib ition, and lectures w ere giv en to about 1,000

p erman ent ex hibition d ev oted to th e rep lanning and

pup ils from Manchest er schools. Although th e large

rebuilding of th e City has become very appar ent.

mode l was remov ed from th e Exhibition Hall for th e

Pl anning and the rebuilding of th e City f eatured

per io d of th e World Cup eve nts, it is now th e centre

prominently in th e itin erary on th e occasion of the

p iec e of a permanent display which has b ee n seen

Prim e Minist er's visit to this City in May 1966, and

by ma ny thous ands of peo pl e, including a large

th e D epa rtm ent was delighted to ass ist in exp lainin g

nu m ber of distinguished visitors from hom e and

th e City's va rious planning proposals. During this

ove rseas. From tim e to tim e it has bee n

period th e Minist er of Stat e for Economi c Affairs,

sup plem ented by various building projects

th en th e Right Honourabl e G eo rg e Brown, th e

des ig ned by th e City Ar c hit ec t and th e Direc tor of

Mini st er of Tran spo rt, th e Right Honour ab le

Ho us ing. Th e larg e working mod el continu es to

Barb ara Castl e, and more recen tly th e Mini ste r of

prov id e th e D epartm ent with a d ay to day working

Hous in g and L oca l Gov ernment, th e Right

t oo l. An ex hibition mod el cov ering th e City Centre is

Honoura bl e Anthony Gree nwo od, have all vis ited

bei ng built by th e D epartm ent' s mod ellin g sec ti o n

th e City and se en th e ex hibiti on of

wh ich will fo rm pa rt of th e public di spl ay o f draft

pl annin g and reco n st ru cti o n propo sa ls. Th e

Th e Prime Minister, the Righi Ho nourable H arold Wilson , 0.8 .E., M.P ., accompanied by the Lord M ayor, Alderm an Bernard S. Langton , C.B .E., J.P ., visite d the exh ibition of planning and redevelopment proposals in May 1966. (Photograph by courtesy of the "Manch es te r Evening News" ).

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Staff and Education

Department its elf has received visits from many

Whilst the D epartment has bee n fortunate in building

distinguished overseas visitors; Members of

up an inter-professional planning team of high

cont inuing contribution to th e D epartment's work .

An increa sing number of graduates in the re lated

Pa rli ament from Tanz ani a, repr esentatives of the

calibre, the shortage of qualified planners continues to make its elf felt in a number of ways. At a tim e of

are app lying for posts although the shortag e of

national shortage th ere is always a possibility of a

architect and engineer planners continu es to make

premature "brain drain", unless the prospect for

itself felt and this is a serious national probl em in

promotion and advanc ement within the

relation particul ar ly to urban planning. Th e nu mber

technical and planning specialists have also visited

organisation are satisfactory. In fact, there is a relatively small team engaged on planning work

of architects qualifying as planners has drop ped from over 300 in 1951 to 200 in 1966, and in th e case

th e D epartment through the intermediary of the

in th e City whilst the volume of work and areas of

of engineers from 150 in 1951 to less than 50 in 1966

British Council.

responsibility are constantly growing . The past

There is often no financial adva ntage to be gained

Throughout the period the demand for speakers and

twelve months have presented certain difficulties,

from obtaining the second qualification in planning

visits to th e D epa rtm ent has increased steadily.

due primarily to the "squeeze" and the period of

Many organisations hav e visited the exhibit ions

severe restraint which followed. In view of th e fact

and with more than adequate opportunities in engin eering, this very serious trend is acc elerating.

that a number of suitable applicants have expressed

On joining th e Departm en t th ese graduat es

Leningrad City Sovi et; the Mayor of Nairobi ; th e High Commissioner for Kenya, and parties of Jo urna lists from D enm ark, Cyprus, J apan, India and Norway . A number of other distinguished

and/or heard senior members of the D epartment ex plain the City 's planning proposals. In all over the last two years about 150 lectures and talks have been given to perhaps about 2,000 people. Th ese have in c lud ed a lecture to Planning Offic ers from Japan, a visit from senior officers from th e D epartment of Economic Affairs, and a visit from Commonwealth Journalists as well as a wide range of social and professional organ isations in Manch este r.

Th e various publications produced by th e D epartm ent are listed in an appendix; articles prepared by the D epartment have appea red in various tec hnical journals, newspap ers and magazines and throughout relations with the Press hav e bee n cordial.

the wish to join the D epartment it is to be hoped th at the present difficulties will be removed as soon as possible. The wider economic and technica l implications of th e City's tremendous rehousing effort and indeed th e increased volume of redevelopment in the City is now more widely appreciated and th e work listed in the technical appendices certainly suggests that planning gives value for money spent. The cost of running the Dep artm ent works out at less than a twopenny rate which compares very favo urably with other urban planning authorities such as Liv erpool, Newcast le- upon-Tyn e and Coventry, where the rates of development and redevelopment do not compare in magnitude with Manchester. In thes e circumstances wh at is now called Personne l Man agement and careful att en tion to the needs of staff, has received increasing consideration within the limitations impos ed by economic and adm inistrative restraints.

Po st graduates undertaking part-time planning courses cont inu e to make a very important and

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disciplin es of economics, geography and soci olog y,

either commence or continue part-time courses

for the Diploma in Town Planning at eith er Manch ester University or the Leeds Scho ol of Planning; they have one day fr ee a week durin g te rr time to attend lectures and the Corporation pay 75'.)-

of University fees and certain other expenses.

At the present tim e eleven members of th e staff are engaged on part-time planning cours es of this kind. Three 'Open Days ' hav e bee n held, attended by a total of 180 Univ ersity students, som e of who m subsequently applied for posts in the D ep artmen t.

Senior members of staff hav e attended Careers Conventions at grammar schools and hav e explained to parents and pupils th e opport uniti es fa

careers in the planning profession.

The City Planning Officer and Deputy City Plann int Offic er have served as Externa l Examin ers at Liverpool University School of Civic D esign and the Le eds School of Planning respectively; a nu mb er o路 senior memb ers of th e staff have continu ed to ass ist in the training of planners, lecturing and supervising studio work.

Appendices

Page

1

Members of Staff

2

Housing Needs and Land Resources

3

Housing Statutory Work and Major Public Enquiries

4

Major Housing Schemes Approved

5

Progress of Planning Briefs

6

Important Buildings completed in the Central Area

7

Important Buildings under construction in the Central Area

8

Major Planning Approvals In the Central Area

9

Major Planning Approvals outside the Central Area

4n IV

Buildings under construction, in the Higher Education Precinct .

11

Buildings completed, in the Higher Education Precinct

12

Major Planning Approvals granted, Higher Education Precinct

13

Applications for Permission to Develop Land

14

Analysis of Planning Applications considered

15

Analysis of Planning Decisions

16

Site Selection

17

Miscellaneous Information

30 32 33 35 38 39 40 41 43

44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

Appendix 1 City Planning Department-members of Staff 31 March 1967

CITY PLANNING OFFICER

J S Millar BArch DipCD MTPI ARIBA

SENIOR ASSISTANT PLANNING OFFICERS F Bardsley BScTech CEng AMICE AMIMunE M C Bradshaw MA DipTP AMTPI

DEPUTY CITY PLANNING OFFICER E A Rose DipArch DipTP MTPI ARIBA

G V S Clague BArch DipTP AMTPI S Cooper BSc DipTP AMTPI Miss E B Curtis DipTP AMTPI

ASSISTANT CITY PLANNING OFFICERS

R K Eastham DipArch DipTP ARIBA AMTPI P M Eveson BA DipTP

City Centre and Special Projects

J K Billingham MArch DipArch DipTRP ARIBA Development and Research

TV Hughes BA MCD DPA AMTPI Redevelopment and Renewal

B Parnell BSc CEng AMIMunE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER D W C!erc CHIEF ASSISTANT PLANNING OFFICERS B Barnett BSc AMTPI ARICS D J Burns BA MCD AMTPI J Dean DipTP CEng AMTPI AMIMunE AMIHE R G Maund BSc DipTP AMTPI F Mortimer M D Pedley BA MTPI H Seddon DipTP MTPI

30

J S Field DlpTP AMPTI I N Goldthorpe DipArch DipTP AMTPI ARIBA J R Hill DipTP CEng AMIMunE AMTPI ARICS T Mellon BA MCD P J Radcliffe BA DipTP ARIBA J Reynolds DPA K Taylor BA DipTP AMTPI P F Truelove BA DipTP AMTPI R F Truscott BSc DipTP AMTPI J Waddington DipTP AMTPI G W Wood DipTP AMTPI M D Woods DipTP CEng AMIMunE AMTPI

GENERAL ASSIST ANT PLANNING OFFICERS

PLANNING ASSISTANTS

MODELLING

ADMINISTRATION

Miss R D Armitage BA

Mrs M Ballam

E Cootes

Miss E P Connor

Miss P D Blow BA DipTP

E J Bartley

S Johnson

Miss J McQueeney

RS Brackley DipTP

Miss I Caldwell

L McNally

Miss S A Murray

LG Coop BA

Mrs M Cochrane BA

R J Mitchell

Mrs E Smith W H Snowden

G Fletcher DipTP AMTPI

J W Gray

G R Goodall MSc BA

Mrs AM Jones

A E Guy LL B Barrister at Law

AC Jones

Miss A J Bayley

T A Thornton OMA

Miss I M Hodgkinson BA DipTP

Miss J M Laidlaw

Miss T A Boyle

GT Tiani

G R Howell BSc DipTP AMTPI

F Latham

Miss S E Breeze

DRAUGHTING

Miss L M Stephens

SN Leach BSc

L Meehan

Mrs A Cowley

L P O'Reilly MA DipTP

SC Meyrick

Miss P M Essam

Miss E C Close

JG Millett

Miss C A Hodgson

Miss A King

DB Pickard

Miss B F McDiarmid

PLANNING TRAINEES

SECRET ARIAL

Miss A B Batty B Sc

J S Robertshaw DipAD DA(Manc) LSIA

Miss J Parker

M J Brough BA

PC Seymour

Miss JR Pitt

Mrs M Casanove (Typing Supervisor)

G 0 Hall BSc

G Shaw

Miss L C Sadler

Miss J Chittleborough

D S Kaiserman BA RP Ross BSc C J Shepley BA

J Swindells

TYPING

Miss S E Gillbank

A Walker

Mrs NL Keiiy

G J White

Miss BE Lowe Mrs S Taubenhaus

GENERAL ASSIST ANTS

Miss M Wood

J E Berry Miss P A Brown JR Collins Mrs M Drake Mrs M J Hancock G H Mellor G L Penny H W Wilson

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1,

â&#x20AC;˘

Appendix 2

A

Housing Needs and Land Resources

Needs Total Housing Needs mid 1961-mld 1981

2a

dwellings

Municipal Houses built mid 1961 to December 1966

86,980 17,469

b

Houses built by private developers mid 1961 to December 1966

2,051

c

Estimate of private houses likely to be built January 1967 to mid 1981

2,339

d

Houses built under Town Development Schemes: 416

Wlnsford Macclesfield Crewe

416

1,250} ..:...2

4,000

.

3,041

2,625

Housing needs adjusted to December 1966

B

24,900 62,080

Availability of Land to mid 1981

Land within the City (January 1967) New land II

3,918

Redevelopment of Cleared Areas

28,234

32,152

Land outside the City (January 1967) Sites In the course of development or immediately available II

5,481

Other sites: Marple Altrincham

700 1,000

Bury, Unsworth, and Walshaw 2,480 Wilmslow, Brook Farm etc.

2,700

6,880

44,513

Deficit Balance 17,567 32

=

Appendix 3 A. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment

Period 1.4.65 to 31.3.67 Comprehensive Redevelopment Area

Clearance Areas declared Dwllgs.

No.

Period before 1.4.65

C.P.O's made

Public Inquiries Dwllgs.

No.

C.P.O's Clearance Areas confirmed declared Dwllgs. No. Dwllgs.

No.

No.

Dwllgs.

9

1564

9

1564

1

116

6

2716

5

C.P.O's made No.

Dwllgs.

Public Inquiries Dwllgs.

No.

C.P.O's confirmed Dwllgs.

No.

Remarks

I. RESIDENTIAL Ancoats, Miles Platting, Collyhurst

3

Beswick

5

1746

5

1492

Brunswick

1

1069

1

1069

Cheetham

7

2294

3

529

Gorton

1

493

Harpurhey

3

672

4

1701

2

1465

Hulme

1

29

1

593

1

Longsight

2

1643

-

-

Openshaw

3

1685

-

-

II. INDUSTRIAL

4

742

6

1184

7

1465

7

1744

10

2479

Ill. City Centre and

1

86

4

594

4

594

2

463

3

508

Education Precinct

1022

-

-

12

5848

9

5577

2651

3

2428

1

1224

2

1276

9

-

5577

-

9

-

5577

-

Major part of the work completed before Redevelopment is now susbtantially completed.

1.4.65.

An area of some 300 acres to be completely redeveloped by mid 1970's. Clearance work commenced.

-

-

-

2

1276

529

-

-

1

137

-

-

-

1

1029

1

1029

1

1029

1

1029

Rebuilding has commenced but the main clearance procedure yet to be undertaken.

2

1051

3

2282

2

1253

2

1253

2

1253

Clearance and redevelopment under way but the major part of renewal still to come.

593

1

593

13

8582

12

7989

12

7989

12

7989

Statutory work completed. Redevelopment Is now under way.

-

-

1

1087

2

1645

2

1645

2

1645

1

558

Clearance and redevelopment under way with the major areas still to be Implemented.

-

-

-

Statutory work just commencing.

492

Land now becoming available and site allocations for displaced Industries commencing.

-

Land now becoming available for education purposes.

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

1395

-

2

-

1276

-

-

2

-

839

-

2

-

1

-

1276

-

Substantially cleared and redevelopment progressing rapidly.

Major clearance procedure just commencing.

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B. Major Public local Enquiries

Subject

Date

Remarks

Acquisition of land at Walshaw and Unsworth, Bury, for resettlement of Manchester families.

September 1965

The City Council made C.P.O's and planning applications on 243 acres of land at Bury. Bury County Borough and other bodies objected and following an Inquiry the Minister confirmed the Orders with the omission of 10 acres and subject to special Parliamentary procedure in July 1966.

Acquisition of land at Wal shaw and Unsworth, Bury, for resettlement of Manchester families.

March 1967

Hearing before a Committee in the House of Lords into Bury's objection to the Minister confirming the C.P.O's. The Committee upheld the Minister's decision with the exclusion of 30 acres at Walshaw.

National Coal Board application for permission to mine under the City.

March 1966

The Minister called an Inquiry into the Implications involved in the N.C.B. application for total extraction of the Crombouke and Roger Seams to the northeast of the City Centre. The City Council objected mainly on the grounds that ensuing subsidence would occur under areas that have been recently redeveloped or where redevelopment is imminent.

Proposed use of land by the City at Victoria Avenue East, zoned for open space, for residential purposes.

January 1967

The Minister called an Inquiry Into the City Council's application to develop 70 acres of land for residential purposes. This land formerly occupied by temporary bungalows is zoned for open space. The shortage of land for dwellings inside the City led to the proposal.

Amendment of the Development Plan and compulsory acquisition of land for education purposes In the Education Precinct.

January 1967

Inquiry into the City Council's proposal to designate land for education purposes and for the purposes of the B.B.C. which is zoned for residential uses at present. It was also held into the designation of the land as subject to compulsory acquisition.

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Appendix 4 Major Housing Schemes Approved

A. Public

Location

Site

Collyhurst Road

Details

No. of Dwellings

Redevelopment Area

Two 13-storey blocks

128 flats

4.8.65

* Hulme Comprehensive Redevelopment

Stage Ill (part)

9-storey flats, 4 and 6-storey maisonettes, 2 and 3-storey houses

719 dwellings

1.12.65

*

"

"

"

Stage IV

4-storey maisonettes, flats and 2-storey houses

441 dwellings

1.12.65

*

"

"

"

Stage V

6-storey maisonettes

924 dwellings

1.12.65

Civic Centre

Four 8-storey blocks

344 Aged persons flats

5.1.66

Scout Drive

2-storey

38 dwellings

2.3.66

*Lodge Street, Harpurhey

Redevelopment Area

13-storey flats, 4-storey maisonettes, 3-storey flats, 2-storey houses

560 dwellings

2.2.66

* Nelson Street, Miles Platting

Redevelopment Area

13-storey flats, 4-storey maisonettes, 2-storey flats, 2-storey houses

323 dwellings

2.2.66

Rusholme

Platt Court

3-storey flats and maisonettes

26 dwellings

6.4.66

Thomas Street, Gorton

Redevelopment Area

4-storey maisonettes, 2-storey houses

528 dwellings

4.5.66

* Gibson Street, Longslght

Redevelopment Area

6-storey maisonettes

501 dwellings

25.5.66

* Wellington Street, Beswick

Redevelopment Area (part)

6-storey maisonettes

344 dwellings

6.7.66

* Gorton

Abbey Hey Lane

One 15-storey block

72 flats

5.10.66

* Turkey Lane, Harpurhey

Redevelopment Area

6-storey maisonettes

745 dwellings

5.10.66

* Hulme Comprehensive Redevelopment

Stage Ill (part)

One 9-storey block, 4 and 6-storey maisonettes, 2-storey houses

323 dwellings

1.2.67

Annersley Terrace

One 15-storey block and single storey bungalows

90 dwellings

1.3.67

*Wythenshawe Wythenshawe

Gorton

I

total

Approved

6106

* Outline applications only.

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B. H ou sing Associations

Location

Sile

Details

No. of Dwellings

East Didsbury

Millgate Lane

3-storey block of flats

25 flats

5.5.65

East Didsbury

King sway

Two 5-storey blocks of flats

48 flats

26.5.65

Conyngham Road

One block of flats

88 flats

7.4.65

Newton Heath

Briscoe Lane

Eight 1-storey flats and 2-storey flats

22 flats

7.4.65

Blackley

Blackley New Road

Three and two storey flats

48 flats

1.9.65

Withington

Wilmslow Road

Two 3-storey blocks of flats

12 flats

3.11.65

Fallowfield

Richmond Road

Two 3-storey blocks of flats

18 flats

5.1.66

* Chorlton

Edge Lane

3-storey flats and 2-storey houses

76 flats 10 houses

4.5.66

* Didsbury

Barlow Moor Road

3-storey block of flats

21 fiats

6.7.66

* East Didsbury

King sway

3-storey block of flats

32 f lats

7.9.66

Levenshulme

Grange Avenu e

3-storey block of flats

18 flats

6.7.66

Dldsbury

Dene Road

8-storey block of flats

48 flats

3.8.66

East Didsbury

Miilgate Lane

3-storey block of flats

29 flats

7.9.66

â&#x20AC;˘ west Dldsbury

The Beeches

Erection of flats

71 flats

5.10.66

Victoria Park

Conyn gham Road

Two 3-storey blocks of flats

20 flats

1.2.67

Levenshulme

Central Avenue

3-storey block of flats

36 flats

1.2.67

* Levenshulme

Slade Lane

3-storey block of flats

18 flats

1.3.67

* Withington

Wilmslow Road

3-sto rey fl ats

60 flats

1.3.67

* Victoria Park

* Outline applications only.

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\

total 700

Approved

C.

Private

Location

West Didsbury *Dldsbury

Site

Lapwing Lane

Details

No. of Dwellings

Seven 3-storey blocks of flats

63 flats

Spath Road/Lancaster Road

Erection of flats

Approved

4.8.65 5.5.65

Chorlton

Ivy Farm

Three 3-storey blocks of flats

36 flats

Withington

5.5.65

Wilmslow Road

Two 3-storey blocks of flats

63 flats

Crumpsall

7.4.65

Middleton Road

Three 3-storey blocks of flats

18 flats

* Victoria Park

7.4.65

Anson Road

Flats and houses

*West Didsbury

32 flats 24 houses

26.5.65

Lapwing Lane

4-storey block of flats

42 flats

*Whalley Range

1.9.65

Whalley Road

3-storey block of flats

36 flats

Brooklands

6.10.65

Cranleigh Drive

3-storey flats and houses 2-storey houses

12 flats 45 houses

Dldsbury

6.10.65

Holmwood Road

2-storey block of flats

13 flats

5.1.66

Dene Road/Wilm slow Road

3-storey block of flats

18 flats

3.11.65

Heaton Road

3-storey block of flats

12 flats

1.12.65

Palatine Road

Six blocks of flats

36 flats

Gorton

6.4.66

Abbey Hey Lane

2-storey houses

Chorlton-c um-Hardy

26 semi-detached 1 detached

6.7.66

Wilbraham Road

Two 3-storey blocks of flats

90 flats

Dldsbury

2.11.66

Tintern Avenue

Five 3-storey blocks of flats

45 flats

2.11.66

*Dldsbury Withington *Didsbury

*Newton Heath

Jocelyn Street

*Gatley

Park Road

*Dldsbury

Mersey Road

*Dldsbury

Fog Lane

'"Outline application s only.

3-storey block of flats

Residential development

4.1.67

Residential development

1.3.67

Erection of flats

1.3.67 40 flats

1.3.67

total 652

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,. I Appendix 5 Progress of Planning Briefs

Brief

I.

II.

Remarks

RESIDENTIAL AREAS: Beswick Comprehensive Redevelopment Area

November 1965

Clearance now proceeding in the Wellington Street, Devon Street and Napier Street C.P.O Liaison work is taking place with the Housing Department on detailed layouts.

Longsight Comprehensive Redevelopment Area

August 1966

Clearance proceeding in the Gibson/Syndall Street C.P.O's. Liaison work taking place with ti Housing Department on detailed layouts.

Harpurhey Comprehensive Redevelopment Area

October 1966

Clearance proceeding in the Turkey Lane C.P.O. Rebuilding has commenced In the Lodge Stre C.P.O. area and liaison work with the Housing Department on the details of future C.P.O's taking place.

Openshaw Comprehensive Redevelopment Area

Planning Brief nearly complete.

Cheetham Comprehensive Redevelopment Area

Planning Brief is In the course of preparation, the area is defined and survey work and consultations are proceeding.

Gorton and West Gorton Comprehensive Redevelopment Area

The area has been defined and survey work is in progress.

INDUSTRIAL AREAS Bradford Industrial Area

Included within the Bradford Area: Carlisle Street Redevelopment Area (I) (ii) Kay Street Redevelopment Area

38

Approved by City Council

This Brief covering the overall Bradford Industrial Comprehensive Redevelopment Area is course of preparation.

August 1966 November 1966

}

Prepared In conjunction with the City Estates and Valuation Officer to deal with the pressur路 arising from the need for relocation of Industries disturbed by clearance elsewhere.

Appendix 6 Important Buildings Completed in the Central Area (April 196~March 1967)

Area of Uses-Square Feet Location

Brief Description

St. James' Square

Other Uses Offices

Shops

9-storey offices and showrooms

53,000

11,000 (showrooms)

29 Peter Street

6-storey offices and showrooms

13,000

5,200 (showrooms)

City Road/River Place

3-storey warehouse

6,000

Charlotte Street/George Street

15-storey club and offices

Piccadilly Plaza

Hotel

Piccadilly Plaza

Office blocks

Commercial Union Assurance, Mosley Street

Sq. ft.

Estimated Cost

Storage

-

Car parking

£450,000

-

Car parking

£100,000

-

14,000

Car parking

£90,000

44,000

-

-

Club

-

-

-

Hotel

290,000

-

-

-

£1,450,000

7-storey office block

40,370

-

-

Car parking

£390,000

Bridge Street/Dolefield (Scottish Life House)

9-storey office block, shops etc.

60,000

2,000

-

Shops } Showrooms P.H.

Quay House, Quay Street

Offices and Shops

89,000

5,000

-

Car parking

£375,000

John Dalton Street/Ridgefield

6-storey offices and shops

18,000

5,600

-

£150,000

Market Street/Brown Street (Market Centre)

Office and shopping complex

49,000

52,000

-

Car parking

3/5 Charlotte Street (Sun Life)

4-storey office block

12,500

-

-

Car parking

York Street/George Street

Telephone Exchange

-

-

-

--674,870

80,800

--20,300

I

Buildings completed December 1963 - March 1965 £1,600,000

=

6,300

27,000

£300,000 £800,000

90,000

25,000

£360,000

£500,000 £75,000 £450,000 £5,490,000

=

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Appendix 7 Important Buildings under construction in the Central Area April 1965-March 1967

Area of Uses-Square Feet Location

Offices

Shops

Storage

Other Uses

Sq. ft.

Estimated Cost

35 Peter Street

6-storey offices and showrooms

16,000

5,300 (showrooms)

-

Car parking

-

£117,000

High Street/Church Street

9-storey warehouse, showrooms and shops

36,500

59,500

-

Car park

-

£300,000

St. Andrews Street

G.P.O. Parcels Office

60,000

-

-

Parcels Depot

King Street/Cheapslde

District Bank

120,000

-

20,500

King Street/Pall Mall

London Assurance Group, Office Development

88,300

-

Fountain Street/York Street

Oddfellows House

35,800

9,000 (Includes Public House)

Crown Square/Wood Street/Cumberland Street

Office Block, Phase 1. (Education Offices)

125,000

-

-

Piccadilly Station Approach

Offices and Shops

159,500

21,900

Dickinson Street

Buildings under construction December 1963March 1965 £4,270,000 40

Brief Description

New wing to existing N.W.E.B. offices

160,000

£1,100,000

Canteen

21,000

£1,750,000

12,800

Car park

15,000

£750,000

400

Car park Flats

10,000 5,000

£300,000

-

-

£625,000

-

Petrol Fiiiing Station, Car Park

-

£1,000,000

Car parking

-

£330,000

66,000

-

-

707,100

95,700

33,700

£6,272,000

r.--· Appendix 8 Major Planning Approvals April 1965-March 1967

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.,

'

I~

i

:· Area of Uses-Square Feet

·I

c

Location

Brief Description

Other Uses Offices

Shops

Sq. ft.

Estimated Cost

28,000

£1 85,000

Storage

l

r

London Road/Travis Street

Offices, Showrooms, and Petrol filling Station

-

-

11,000 (showrooms)

}:

Motel } Public House Restau ra nt Petrol Station Car Park

Market Street/Spring Gardens

Head Post Office, Offices Shops, etc.

77,500 (Post Office)

St. Andrew's Street/Travis Street

G.P.O. Parcels Office

60,000

-

-

Parcels Depot

Dickinson Street

New wing to existing N.W.E.B. Offices

66,000

-

-

Car parking

Market Street/Cross Street

Offices and Shops

,;

60,000

18,000

Areas not given

Flats

17,000 12,000 2,000

£1 ,000,000

160,000

£1,100,000 £330,000

-

Car parking

': * King Street/Cheapside Liverpool Road/Wellington Place

*Fountain Street/York Street

Crown Square

District Bank Warehouse, Showroom, etc.

Oddfellows House

Magistrates' Courts

120,000

-

-

8,000 (showrooms)

35,800

9,000 (includ es Public House)

20,500

Canteen

21,000

£1,750,000

13,000

Garage

9,000

£80,000

10,000 5,000

£300,000

170,000

£2,500,000

Car park

15,000

£780,000

Car parking

16,000

£690,000

400

Car park Flats

Total area of courtrooms, offices etc.,

'

* King Street/ Pall Mall

London Assurance Group Office Development

94,500

*Crown Square/Cumberland Street

Office Block Phase II (part )

98,500

I

-

12,800

14,000 16,700 (showrooms, Public House and restaurant)

*Detailed approval following previous outline approval between 1963-1965 i

'

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Area of Uses-Square Feet Location

Brief Description Offices

107,000

Other Uses

Sq. ft.

Estimated Cost

Church Hall Car parking

2,000 42,000

£600,000

Storage

-

13,400 (showrooms)

Queen Street/Lloyd Street

Office block

Miiier Street/Rochdale Road/Dantzic Street

Warehouse, showrooms, multi-storey car park etc.

Areas not given

-

Store Street/Boad Street, Ancoats

Warehousing and/or light industry

Areas not given

-

Baird Street/Portugal Street, Ancoats

Warehousing and/or light industry

Areas not given

-

Portland Street/ York Street

Bank of England

16/20 St. Mary's Parsonage, etc.

Regional Headquarters and offices for North Western Fed eration of Building Trades Employers

14/22 Parsonage

Office block, showroom,

34,000

-

2/6 Parsonage

Office block

35,000

-

Office block and petrol filling station

40,000

Comprehensive commercial development

* Crown Square/Cumberland Street

Offices Phase II (balance) and Phase Ill

* Rylands Library, Deansgate

Extension

* Charles Street/York Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock Market Place/River lrwell

Oxford Road/Charles Street

BBC Regional Headquarters

-

-

74,300

Banking Car parking

51,000

£ 2,000,000

-

Areas not given Car parking Flats

11,000 4,500

£250,000

-

Car parking Canteen

8,000 6,000

£300,000

-

-

Car parking

3,500

£167,000

130,000

300,000

-

59,000

£3,200,000

288,000

-

-

Hotel Car parking Landscaped and pedestrian areas

-

-

78,000 1,338,600

42

Shops

18,500

- --

---

415,400

144,900

=

=

£1,440,000

Car parking Stockrooms Flat

}

Studios Garages Workshops Catering, etc.

}

17,500

£90,000

210,000

£4,500,000

45,000

--879,500

=

£21,262,000

Appendix 9 Major Planning Approvals outside the City Centre (excluding Housing)

Location

Proposal

Date Approved

Estimated Cost

Shopping Centre, Bury Old Road, Thomas Street, Tyson Street, Cheetham Hill

Lock-up shops, offices and supermarket with car parking facilities (nearing completion).

3.11.65

£390,000

Civic Centre Complex, Wythenshawe

Public entertainment building comprising theatre, public hall, sports hall, library, swimming pool, restaurant and concourse.

4.5.66

£1,200,000

Houghend Hall, Mauldeth Road West/Nell Lane Chorlton-cum-Hardy

4-storey office block with car park area and reconstruction and restoration of Houghend Hall.

25.5.66

£140,000

Park House, Park Road, Gatley

(a) (b) (c)

7.9.66

2-3/storey office block 3-storey office block Housing development

£120,000

Thomas Street, West Gorton

2-storey research and development building and 11-storey laboratory and office building.

5.10.66

£600,000

Fairfield Street, Chancellor Lane, Dark Lane and Union Street, Ardwick

Multi-storey warehouse with ancillary offices and showrooms.

4.1.67

£800,000

Site bounded by Nicolas Road, Manchester Road, Barlow Moor Road and Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Shops, offices, clinic, maisonettes, garages, and car park, after demolition of existing properties.

1.2.67

-

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Appendix 10 Buildings under construction, Higher Education Precinct at 31st March, 1967

Estimated Cost

Development

location

Authority

Arts Buildings Stage 3

Spa Street

Manchester University

£554,000

Mathematics Building

Oxford Road/Wilton Street

Manchester University

£700,000

Chemistry Building

Sackviile Street

Institute of Science and Technology

£1,800,000

Electrical Engineering and Mathematics and Social Sciences Buildings

London Road/Mancunian Way

Institute of Science and Technology

£1,231,000

National Computing Centre Stage 1

Oxford Road/Mancunian Way

Ministry of Technology

St. Mary's Maternity Hospital

York Place/Hathersage Road

United Manchester Hospitals

St. Augustlnes Church and Deanery

Grosvenor Square

Salford R.C. Diocesan Trustees

£150,000

£2,500,000

£140,000

£7,075,000 Cost of buildings under construction December 1963- March 1965=£6,182,000

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Appendix 11 Buildings completed, Higher Education Precinct, April 1965-March 1967

Development

Location

Authority

Estimated Cost

Williamson Building Stage 2. Pathology and Bacteriology

Oxford Road/Brunswick Street

Manchester University

£383,500

Williamson Building Stages 3 and 4, Botany and Zoology

Oxford Road/Brunswick Street

Manchester University

£220,000

Physics Building

Upper Brook Street/Brunsw ick Street

Manchester University

£1,150,000

Humanities Building Stage 2

Spa Street

Manchester University

£519,000

Mobberley Building Stage 3

Oxford Road/Burlington Street

Manchester University

£50,000

Dover Street/Rumford Street

Manchester University

£200,000

Simon Engineering Building Extension

Brunswick Street

Manchester University

£228,000

Students Union and Residential Tower

Altrincham Street

Institute of Science and Technology

£900,000

Moffatt Building Extensions and conversion

Altrlncham Street/London Road

Institute of Science and Technology

£97,000

Chemical Engineering Building Extensions

Lower Albion Street/London Road

Institute of Science and Technology

£292,000

Civil Engineering Building Extension

Sackville Street

Institute of Science and Technology

£119,000

College of Art Extensions

Rosamund Street West/Boundar y Street West

Manchester Corporation

£600,000

College of Commerce

Aytoun Street

Manchester Corporation

£560,000

Economics Extension

and

Social

Sciences

Building

£5,318,500 Cost of buildings completed December 1963-March 1965=£2,200,000

45

Appendix 12 Major Planning Approvals granted, Higher Education Precinct, March 1965-April 1967

Development

Location

Authority

Estimated Cost

Arts Buildings Stage 3

Spa Street

Manchester University

£554,000

Mathematics Building

Oxford Road/Wiiton Street

Manchester University

£700,000

Dover Street/Rumford Street

Manchester University

£200,000

Sackvllle Street

Institute of Science and Technology

£119,000

Electrical Engineering and Mathematics and Social Sciences Building

London Road/Mancunian Way

Institute of Science and Technology

£1,231,000

Staff House Extension

Campus, North of Mancunian Way

Institute of Science and Technology

£80,000

National Computing Centre Stage I

Oxford Road/Mancunian Way

Ministry of Technology

St. Mary's Maternity Hospital

York Place/Hathersage Road

United Manchester Hospitals

Grosvenor Square

Salford R.C. Diocesan Trustees

£140,000

Oxford Road/Booth Street

Manchester and Salford Corporations, Lancashire County Council, Cheshire County Council

£693,000

Manchester Corporation

£311,000

*Economics and Extension

Social

Sciences Building,

*Civil Engineering Building Extension

*St. Augustine's Church and Deanery Northern College of Music

College of Adult Education

Oxford Road/Cavendish Street

£150,000 £2,500,000

£6,678,000

*Detailed Permission following an earlier outline

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Appendi x 13 Applicati ons for permission to develop land 1st April 1965-31st March 1967

1.4.66-31.3.67

1.4.65-31.3.66

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Total

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan .

Feb.

M ar.

- - - -- -Applications for private development approved

159

124

169

133

- - -- -- -- - 145

184

118

134

-

207

98

- -- - - -150

117

1738

115

- - - -- ----- - - - - - - 162

145

161

159

158

124

- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - Applications for private development disapproved

40

32

37

27

28

36

35

27

36

15

26

16

355

Total

Grand

1966-67 Total

1965--66

29

32

28

31

20

18

14

11 2

146

- - - - - -- - - 103

152

160

1697

3435

- - - - - - - -- - - -- 22

25

17

29

22

287

642

- - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - -- -- - - - - - - -- -, _ - -- -- -- - - - - - - - - Application s to display advertisements approved

80

35

99

39

70

68

55

41

24

66

57

42

676

40

54

30

51

41

48

47

34

48

33

46

37

509

1185

- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - ---- - -- -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - Applications to display adverti sement s disapproved

7

2

11

4

6

10

9

4

2

16

10

6

87

8

22

13

9

11

8

2

3

4

2

4

2

88

175

- - - -- -- - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - --- - - - -- - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Applicati ons for Corporation ~ evelopments

6

3

7

5

12

9

7

11

4

9

15

9

97

11

5

12

12

10

7

3

12

8

6

17

8

111

208

approved

- - - - - - - -- - --- - - - - - - - - - 292

196

323

208

261

- - - - - - - - -- =

307

224

- -=

217

334

143

--=

258

190

- - - -- -- -- - --- - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - 2953

203

275

228

264

241

239

190

183

- - - -- -- - - - 路-- - -- ---- - - - =

231

161

248

229

2692

5645

--- --- - - - 47

Appendix 14 Analysis of Planning Applications Considered January 1965-December 1966

1966

1965

Use

Residential (a) Redevelopment (b) New development 2. Industrial 3. Offices 4. Shops and Restaurants 5. Petrol Stations and Repair Garages 6. Domestic Garages and Lock-up Garages 7. Mineral Workings 8. All other Classes of Building and other operations

Total

1.

C hanges of Use 9. Resid ential Caravans 10. Car Sales 11. Car Parks 12. To Offices 13. To Shops 14. To Industry 15. All other changes of use of land and buildings Advertisements 16. Posters 17. Public Information Panels 18. Illuminated Signs 19. All oth er types of advertisements

149

-

79 81 51 59 293 1 836

-

8 22 56 38 34

440

Approved

117

-56

58 22 17 2n

-

746

-6 18 30 28 24 366

114 18 577 41

76 18 545

2897

2439

35

Not Approved

32

-

Total

109 3 92 85

Approved

88

-

21

27 244 1 766

3 67 72 16 12 223 1 709

1 10 39 56 46 49 435

1 6 35 32 33 39 372

6

115 19 472 38

60 18 427 29

55 1 45 9

458

2641

2243

398

23 23 29 42 16 1 90

-

2 4 26 10 10 74

38

-

32

34

The periods shown In this table are based on the returns supplied annually to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in accordance with Circular No. 52/61-Statistics of Planning Applications.

48

Not Approved

25 13 18 15 21

-

57

-4 4 24 13 10 63

Appendix 15 Analysis of Planning Decisions 1963-1966

1963

1964

1965

1966

1963

1964

1965

1966

1963

1964

1965

1966

Residential

156

152

149

113

117

114

117

92

39

38

32

21

Commercial

371

368

316

467

259

234

179

337

112

134

137

130

Industrial

139

172

113

141

106

137

80

106

33

35

33

35

1741

1804

1569

1276

1607

1650

1389

1174

134

154

180

102

890

795

750

644

774

718

674

534

116

77

76

110

3297

3291

2897

2641

2863

2853

2439

2243

434

438

458

398

Miscellaneous

Advertisements

Total

-

Nol Approved

Approved

Total

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Appendix 16 Site Selection: 1st April 1965-31st March 1967 (see notes (a) and (b) below)

Committee

No. of Projects

Total Area (acres)

Approx. Capital Value of Bui/dings (£000)

Children's

4

5.080

340

1 13 3

3.820 60.000 7.245

397 1,263 308

Health: (1) Nursing Services (2) Mental Health Services (3) Sanitary and General Services

8 4 7

5.390 3.240 0.310

380 330 41

Parks

1

0.030

25

Watch

1

1.100

65

Welfare Services

i5

9.890

704

Total

57

96.105

Education: (1) F.E. Colleges (2) Primary Schools (3) Special Schools

Note (a) From the date of the setting up of the Department in December 1963 until March 31st 1965, sites were selected for 8 projects of the Education Committee (26.650 acres; £589,000), 2 of the Health Committee (1.000 acre; £107,000) 8 of the Welfare Services Committee (7.824 acres; £560,000), and 2 of other Committees (0.880·acres; £252,000).

Note (b) At 31st March 1967, site requirements had been notified to the Department for some 200 projects. These would involve at least 550 acres of land and capital expenditure on buildings of over £16 million.

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3,853

Appendix 17 Miscellaneous Information

1"i i I

Total Lodged

Planning Appeals

Withdrawn

Dismissed

Allowed

Awaiting Inquiry

Awaiting Decision

Recent Pending

2 12 20 1 1 36 1st April 1965-31st March 1966 7 4 7 9 2 1 34 1st April 1966-31st March 1967 Details of Appeals allowed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government Erection of 3-storey block of flats with garages, atter demolition of existing property.

1965/66 Single-storey car showroom and office.

1966/67 Details of Appeals Dismissed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government Erection of petrol filling station and repair garage.

1965/66 Erection of 2-storey warehouse, single-storey office and showroom block and car park area.

1966/67 Use of ground floor, part of first floor and outbuildings of house and surgery as offices, and conversion of part of first floor Into self-contained flat.

4

Awaiting Decision

Withdrawn

Dismissed

Total Lodged

Advertisement Appeals

In Abeyance

5 Nil 6 1st April 1965-31st March 1966 ~1s~t~A-"--pr_il_1_9_66-3~_1s_t_M~ar_c_h_1_9_67~~~~-'-~~~~-6~~~~~'--~~~~N_il~~~~-'-~~~~-5~~~~-'-~~~~-~~~~~--'~~~~---'-1~~~~Details of Appeals allowed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government Nil 1965/66 Nil 1966/67 Details of Appeals dismissed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government 1. Bulletin board on gable wall of shop.

1965/66 2. Six advertisement boards with fenced forecourt on vacant land.

3. Advertisement board on garage and storeroom.

4. Free-standing display case on forecourt of house.

5. Nine advertisement boards on cinema car park.

1. Illuminated trade sky sign on roof of hotel.

1966/67 2. Illuminated advertisement board on rear elevation of shop.

3. Four illuminated commercial advertisements on offices.

4. Advertisement board on warehouse.

5. Bulletin board on shop.

Certificate of Alternative Develop路 ment (Section 17 of Land Compensation Act1961) Land Charges j

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1st April 1965-31st March 1966 1st April 1966-31 st March 1967

1st April 1965-31st March 1966 1st April 1966-31st March 1967

18 21

1st April-31st March 1966 1st April-31st March 1967

10,741 10,658

Total Served

Accepted

Not Confirmed

Withdrawn

Awaiting Decision

21 27

16 14

3 1

1 3

1

Recent Pending

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