A disused factory in Burnage could be knocked down to make way for nearly 150 apartments - most of which will be reserved for the over 55s and ‘key’ workers.
Developer Sam Properties has applied for permission to build 147 flats across three blocks - the largest scaling nine storeys - near the junction where Mauldeth Road meets Kingsway.
The company - which often deals with student accommodation - says that the largely two-bedroom flats will be aimed at people looking for permanent homes.
One block of 45 apartments will be set aside for the over 55s, while another block - also made up of 45 flats - will be for ‘key’ workers, people who work in vital public service roles.
The remaining 56 homes will be made available on the open market.
Some 29 flats would be classed as ‘affordable’ - meeting Manchester town hall’s 20 percent target for new developments.
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These would most likely be spread across the blocks for key workers and the over 55s, planning papers say.
If approved, the scheme would also include a roof garden and shared lounge, 98 car parking space and more than 130 spaces for bicycles.
The site is currently occupied by an empty factory. Developers will knock it down if their plans go ahead, arguing that the disused building has ‘no merit’.
Sam Properties says it would like to see a nursery and mosque car park on the edge of the site re-developed in the future as part of the scheme - although planning papers say the nursery is reluctant to move.
In planning papers, the company says: “There is no doubt that a comprehensive redevelopment of the site would be preferred and discussions have taken place with adjoining owners.”
The mosque is interested in developing its car park for commercial uses but doesn’t want to enter into a joint development, it adds.
“The design allows for the retention of both buildings and for a phased redevelopment in the future embracing initially the car park and subsequently the mosque. Our view is that retention of the nursery does not present an issue as it would sit in front of the larger block and is in itself an attractive building unlike the others on the site,” it adds.
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