The City Council has moved swiftly to bring specific minimum
sizes for new build apartments into force across the whole of
Manchester, including the city centre and its fringe areas.
The new requirements are in force with immediate effect. They
follow the limits that the City has had upon the proportions of
one-bed apartments within overall scheme unit mix for some good
time now.
To start with, the established London standards are being used
(click here for
details), although work is already underway to produce a
Manchester specific version – which will be consulted upon
and adopted as a Manchester Residential Design Guide in due
course.
Obviously, residential continues to be big news in the city
– with PRS (private rented) leading the way in terms of
development interest. Equally clearly, the stating of precise new
minimum sizes for each of the normal 1, 2 and 3 bed units has
pretty basic implications for those drawing up and costing
schemes.
