Two 36-storey towers at St John’s, offices and homes at Siemens’ Didsbury site, and the latest block at Circle Square were among projects granted planning permission by Manchester City Council today.

APPROVED

St John’s Living towers –  Renamed ‘Nickel & Dime’

St John’s Place, left, Nickel & Dime, centre and right

Developer: Allied London

Two 36-storey residential towers

Architect: Denton Corker Marshall

Apartments: 610 apartments

Central Village – Renamed ‘Manchester Goods Yard’

Developer: Allied London

Office, retail, and live/work apartments over 197,000 sq ft

Parking: 465 spaces

Architect: Cartwright Pickard

Siemens site, Princess Road, Didsbury

Developer: Bruntwood

Offices: 23,500 sq ft

Floors: Three

Architect: Sheppard Robson

Homes at Siemens site, Didsbury

Developer: PJ Livesey

Architect: Calderpeel

Apartments: 44

Townhouses: 23

Vita Student, Circle Square, Oxford Road

Developer: Select Property Group

Storeys: 18

Apartments: 384

Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Slate Wharf, Plot G, Castlefield

Storeys: Three

Apartments: 24

Developer: Waterside

Architect: GA Studios

Whitworth Street/Princess Street – Renamed ‘Manchester New Square’ 

Developer: Urban & Civic

Application amendment: Replacing approved hotel with 111 flats, changing façade material from terracotta to brick

Total apartments now planned on site: 351

Architect: SimpsonHaugh & Partners

Holiday Inn Express, Central Park

Bedrooms: 120

Architect: Leach Rhodes Walker

Amenities: Nursery and drive-thru

Car park: 461 spaces