The Challenge

• We were appointed as planning consultants for the refurbishment of Princess House, a Grade II listed building, located in a Conservation Area within Manchester city centre. 
• The scheme comprised the retention of nightclubs on basement and ground floors, a flexible coffee shop, and the conversion of the buildings upper floors into high quality office space. 

Our Solution

• We engaged closely with the local planning authority throughout, working with the case officer to manage a series of planning and listed building consent applications for phased redevelopment and associated conditions.
• The approved scheme strategically managed the mix of uses in the building; ensuring that the noise and nuisance did not compromise the office use, whilst enabling the profitable nightclubs to continue trading. 

The Results

• Our Planning, Regeneration + Infrastructure team achieved planning permission on behalf of the client for the office uses first, and discharged pre-commencement conditions for urgent external repairs. 
• A second planning application for later phases has subsequently been submitted.