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The length of Great Ancoats Street frontage within the Village Core should be refurbished and re-used for retail and commercial purposes, with residential / commercial uses on the upper floors. New buildings should have a similar mix of uses.
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New buildings will maintain and enhance the complexity and density of the street elevations along Great Ancoats Street.
retail) on Blossom Street, providing animation onto the street, with the
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vacant buildings, a vacant site on the Great
above. The scheme should include a taller
Ancoats Street frontage and an open site to
feature on the corner of Cotton Street, but
the rear. These two sites, which are bisected
should also address distant views of the
by Gun Street, are mainly in one ownership.
towers on Royal Mill and Murray's Mill.
The development principles are as follows:
Blossom Street is important, it leads from
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The Great Ancoats Street/Blossom
the Northern Quarter/City Centre through
Street/Gun Street buildings (Baron's
to the heart of Ancoats. Along its length,
Building) could be retained as part of
any redevelopment.
active ground floor uses, preferably shops
ii Gun Street should be retained as a
and bars/restaurants, etc. Upper floors
through route, and certainly as a
could be residential or commercial, but
pedestrian route. There is potential for
must be uses which properly occupy the
the frontage on Gun Street to be
space and do not create inactive areas often
developed as small scale retail and
workspace accommodation.
seen above shops in some high streets. The recent public realm improvements have
The Baron's site comprises a mix of existing
potential for residential / commercial
and wherever practical, there should be
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iii The vacant site on Great Ancoats Street
been designed to ensure the highest level of
should be developed for retail /
pedestrian priority. The impact of vehicles
commercial use on the ground floor,
will be minimised by means of the traffic
with upper floors being developed for
circulation system and speed limits.
other uses such as offices and/or
residential.
George Leigh Street and Sherratt Street are also key routes into the Village, and the
treatment of the streetscape should improve the pedestrian environment, these streets will have on-street parking, mainly time
limited except where it is specifically related to a “residents only” scheme. Tree planting could be used to improve privacy for the residents in Victoria Square and Anita Street. The axial view of St. Peter's Church along Sherratt Street will exploited with sensitive public realm treatment and the use of buildings to frame vistas.
iv Upper floors should rise to at least 3
storeys above ground floor on the
Great Ancoats Street frontage.
v The Jersey Street and Blossom Street
elevations should be at least two
storeys high and have ground floor
units which provide some animation
and activity onto the street.
vi Servicing of the site should be from
Gun Street.
vii Any redevelopment proposals should
include for the retention of 5 Jersey
Street (the 'Gun Street Warehouse').