Property briefs: NOMA sports pitches; Pozzoni; Cassidy + Ashton
THE Co-operative Group has won permission to turn a car park into two sports pitches as part of its NOMA regeneration scheme.
The pitches will occupy part of the Co-operative Insurance Services car park on Miller Street. It will be the first such space in the city centre.
NOMA development manager Ian Braithwaite said: “Recreational facilities are a key element of the place making ambitions that we have for NOMA, and will benefit residents and workers alike in the city centre.
“This project aims to benefit local schools and youngsters, as our partner in the development – Activate Sport – has a long history of engaging with education providers to provide health and well-being advice.
“The sports facilities are an intermediate use of the land designed to create character and drive footfall. Over time this area will eventually be given over to office use.”
NOMA is an £800m scheme to redevelop 20 acres of the northern part of Manchester city centre over 10 years.
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PLANNING permission has been granted for upgrades to leisure facilities at two centres in Poulton and Thornton on the Fylde Coast.
As part of the £5.1m project, Thornton’s centre, on Victoria Road East, will house a 10-pin bowling alley, indoor skate park and two outside floodlit 3G sports pitches. It will also have a gym and fitness studio.
The Poulton site, on Breck Road, will have a gym, fitness studio, new changing and shower facilities, and a spa and steam room.
Work by contractors ISG is expected to start in early spring and be completed by the end of the year. Both centres, designed by Pozzoni Architects and operated by YMCA Fylde Coast on behalf of the council, will remain open while construction takes place.
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PRESTON-based Cassidy + Ashton has submitted plans to develop Cheadle Hulme School.
The scheme, valued at £3.4m, includes plans for a full size, all-weather pitch, a new sports fitness centre, a reorganised car park and a coach park.
Frances Kennedy, director of development at the school, said: “We are improving our co-curricular facilities and enhancing the range and quality of our learning environments, as part of our 10-year strategic plan; increasing participation and enabling a prosperous future for students, staff and the local community in years to come.”
Lawrence McBurney, project architect at Cassidy + Ashton, said: “Cheadle Hulme School is in a great location and we have devised plans that will make better use of space available and complement the surrounding area.”
