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170707 The Manchester Plan 1945 Mp2A

Destroy Manchester and rebuild it completely

Jonathan Schofield on the 1945 Manchester Plan and modern echoes

Manchester Skyline Bluehour 03

15-Minute City: What is it and could it be good for Manchester?

David Adamson explores the current urban planning buzz-phrase

New Manchester Lexicon

New Manchester Lexicon: Planning and Property

The alternative dictionary to Manchester life, this time focussing on planning and property

Britons Protection Lets Keep It Real And With Personality

Protest against Briton's Protection development to take place on Peterloo commemoration day

Protestors have chosen day to show well-loved pub's historical associations

June 20 2022 Cheadle Hulme

Property: UK's most controversial house extension, white elephants, zip wire pub crawls

Jonathan Schofield casts a sideways glance at some stories in the property world

Hodder Towers On Great Jackson Street Manchester

Two new 560ft Manchester skyscrapers on the way

Jonathan Schofield and the movement up for the city centre skyline

The Initial Plan Is To Open The Viaduct Next Summer As A Temporary Park To Test Ideas And Use The Space To Gather Feedback For The Viaduct’S Longer Term Future © National Trust Howard Bristol

Castlefield viaduct to become Manchester's first 'High Line'

Jonathan Schofield and how the National Trust have moved to beautify engineering

Sir Richard Leese Has Been Manchester City Council Leader For 25 Years

Sir Richard Leese, 25 years at MCC: Send us your questions

Jonathan Schofield wonders what you would ask the council leader, in office since 1996

2021 01 20 Hulme Street Tower

"This will not be a low-carbon building" - the 55-storey Hulme Tower saga continues

With help from residents, Andrea Sandor looks at the environmental credentials of the controversial 'Tombstone'...

2021 01 20 Hulme Street Tower Student Castle 1 1200X900

Property: Stretford rising and people power over dodgy skyscraper

Jonathan Schofield on a planning good sense, the death of the mall and a 'Glade...

2021 01 20 Hulme Street Tower Student Castle South East Elevation 1200X900

The 55 storey Hulme Street tower: a completely 'botched application'

Jonathan Schofield with a long read on a potential moral, aesthetic and economic planning failure

2020 10 23 Prop Rochdale Town Hall

Property: More Deansgate closure plans and holding one's Nerf

Rochdale Town Hall progresses, racecourse building first past the post and architects arrive

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Property: Canada-style deal for Trafford Centre, Angel Meadow tops out

Stockport steps out, MMU steps up, a Canadian pension fund steps in

2020 11 13 Prop Roundup Weir Mill Water Front

Property: Cristiano Ronaldo returns, a fine Stockport scheme and aliens on the coast

Towers, footballers, cheese and mad Swiss authors: Property is a funny old game

2020 11 06 Property Roundup Castle Irwell

Property: Racecourse homes on track, walls and student towers

Also, blossoming buildings and Hotspur House change of use sparks debate

Eastgate Elegant Landscaping

Schemes that could have changed Manchester: 1000ft Communications Tower and a Sex Olympia

Jonathan Schofield on curiosities that never happened in Manchester

2020 11 06 Property Roundup Wall

A demolition date has finally been set for (part of) Piccadilly Gardens’ wall

Council leader confirms that improving the area is a high priority

2020 10 21 Stanley Square Sale Shopping Centre

Sale Shopping Centre to be renamed ‘Stanley Square’ as a nod to the area’s heritage

The Square is to gain a new name as part of ambitious regeneration project