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Gary Neville’s rooftop bar at St Michael’s approved licence after noise nuisance concerns

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 1st February 2022

Gary Neville’s ‘sky bar’ has been granted a late license amid concerns it will create a noise nuisance.

Work has now begun on the former footballer’s huge £200m St Michael’s development, transforming the former Bootle Street police station.

When complete, the new city centre destination will be made up of a nine-storey office building, a 191-bedroom skyscraper hotel, apartments and restaurants.

The rooftop restaurant and bar, which isn’t due to open until 2024, will have space for 900 guests and views across Manchester.

Gary Neville’s St Michael’s development in Manchester city centre. Credit: St Michael’s

Manchester City Council granted the space a late alcohol licence yesterday, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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Several residents and licensing officers had expressed concerns around noise levels with the rooftop terrace.

One local resident had said: “There are pre-existing problems with noise in the area arising from licensed premises and also from taxis picking up customers in the early hours of the morning.

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“Granting this licence would only add to this problem.”

Gary Neville’s St Michael’s development in Manchester city centre. Credit: St Michael’s

St Michael’s plans have since been scaled back so that the outdoor terrace will be closed to customers from 11pm, rather than 3am.

The rest of the venue has been granted a licence that allows it to be open from 8am to 3.30am every day, except Sundays, when it will have to close by 1.30am.

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Felicity Tulloch from Kuits Solicitors, speaking on behalf of St Michael’s UK Propco Limited at a town hall hearing, said that an operator is already lined up to run the sky bar.

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She said: “We’re applying for the premises licence now because we want to give comfort to the incoming tenant.

“We’re not in a position to say at the moment who that tenant is, but that deal has not been finalised.

“But it’s going to be a high-end internationally recognised and renowned bar and restaurant operator which would be in keeping with the high quality of this scheme and the development as a whole.”

Featured image: St Michael’s

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Plans submitted for new £250 million mixed residential neighbourhood in Stockport

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Plans have officially been submitted for a brand-new £250 million neighbourhood in the heart of Stockport town centre.

The new mixed residential mini-village simply dubbed, ‘Stockport 8’, has been put forward by the local LLP of the same name, set up as part of a partnership between Stockport Council and ECF (English Cities Fund – itself a joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General, and Muse).

Set to cost a quarter of a million, the proposed neighbourhood is just the latest step of the ever-growing Stockport Mayor Development Corporation (MDC) masterplan, a wider £500m scheme to transform the specific Stockport Town Centre West area into the most sustainable, liveable town centre in the UK.

With a planning application now submitted, we’ve also been given another look at what the new Stockport neighbourhood would look like if green-lit.

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We first heard reports of the new Stockport 8 neighbourhood back in January after CGIs of what the developers envisioned were shared with the public, alongside how it fit into the West blueprints.

The overall goal of the development is to create a high-quality, green neighbourhood featuring a mix of housing tenures to suit existing and new homeowners and tenants.

Aiming to build a grand total of 1,300 high-quality, energy-efficient homes all told as part of a whipping £1bn investment in Stockport town centre, there will also be room for businesses and community spaces on the ground floor level to knit into the existing centre and its community.

There’s also an insistence from those behind the project to create different atmospheres, creating new environments for people to meet, socialise, relax and enjoy, such as residential courtyards and green roofs, as well as the usual modern amenities re: parking, vehicle charging, bike storage etc.

All told, the council and their development partners – which include chief designers, shedkm, and landscape architects, Planit – are hoping to contribute nearly a third of the homes in Stockport MDC masterplan, which is hoping to surpass 4,000 homes over a total of 130 acres.

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As well as helping contribute to the busy and vital road network that is continuing to be redeveloped, the goal is to create a safe and sustainable travel environment too, with a pedestrian-only street running through the centre of the scheme.

With one big road (Cook Street) running throughout the neighbourhood, the new builds will also look to knit into Stockport’s existing structure, celebrating the area’s rich heritage and character by even reintroducing historic street patterns and street names.

If you’re interested in the skyline-changing new project, you can find out more HERE.

Planning permission applications in Manchester can sometimes take upwards of 13 weeks due to the various individual stages and processes, so we’re still a while of way from knowing if/when Stockport 8 will begin work but with a summer 2027 completion date, it could be a huge moment for the town.

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The vision for Manchester’s landmark former Debenhams building

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All of a sudden, several years after Debenhams closed in Manchester for good, work has suddenly ramped up on its landmark former home.

The magnificent Grade II-listed building overlooks the busy Market Street in Manchester city centre, and has done since 1932.

This art deco icon was home to Debenhams until the department store collapsed into administration in 2020, closing forever the following year.

Work to transform the building seemed to stall for a long time with it ending up covered in graffiti and becoming an eyesore as of last year.

But it’s now a bustling building site again and the start of its next chapter is well underway.

The vision of developer AM Alpha is to bring this beauty back to its glory days, once again called Rylands.

The ambitious project of works will include the full redevelopment the existing building.

The upper floors of the building are to be converted into high-quality office space, while a shopping arcade is also to be created on the ground floor.

AM Alpha has also revealed plans for a four-storey extension to be added to the current building, which would eventually mean that Rylands boasts 10 whole floors of mixed-use space for business, commercial, and leisure use.

It was initially set to complete in 2025 but that – obviously – now seems unlikely.

But as the months tick on we’ll see new life trickle back into this significant corner of Manchester.

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Featured image: AM Alpha / Rylands Manchester

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