Major scheme at Brunswick Mill on course to progress

A scheme to refurbish an East Manchester mill and its surrounding area to create work spaces, retail and community uses and apartments, looks set to take a step forward.Manchester City Council’s planning committee has recommended plans by Brunswick Property Investments Ltd for the Brunswick Mill at Brunswick Place, on Bradford Road, are approved.The proposal is for planning and listed building consent to create 153 homes in the refurbished Brunswick Mill. It also proposes the erection of a part six, part eight storey building to form 100 homes and a five-storey structure to form 24 houses, with 277 properties built in total.The plans seek to create work spaces, retail and community uses at the ground floor of the mill and some of the housing on the upper floors.At a meeting on 2 September 2021, the committee deferred consideration of the application. This was to enable a site visit to inspect how the scheme relates to the can and the historical aspects of the mill building.Now the application has been “minded to approve” subject to the signing of a legal agreement. This is to secure a re-testing of the viability to determine whether a future affordable housing contribution can be secured.