The dramatic raid took place on the afternoon of Thursday 1 May when officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale Neighbourhood Policing Team and Trading Standards descended on a business park on Crown Top Lane in Castleton Intelligence had suggested that a gang known for counterfeit trading in Cheetham Hill had expanded into the borough The operation led to the discovery of seven industrial units packed with fake branded items were arrested at the scene on suspicion of possessing and controlling counterfeit goods They have been bailed pending further investigation police secured the site overnight and returned the following day with a heavy goods vehicle to remove the counterfeit stock “Officers from our Neighbourhood Policing Team discovered various high-end counterfeit goods to the estimated value of £6 million We take any intelligence submitted by the public seriously and act upon it accordingly.” This bust forms part of a wider strategy to clamp down on organised crime in the Castleton area It also shines a spotlight once again on the notorious Cheetham Hill counterfeit network which has long been associated with fake designer goods flooding northern markets GMP has seized more than £17.7 million in cash and assets from organised criminal activity across Greater Manchester Under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme a portion of this is reinvested in local communities to repair the harm caused by crime The public is being urged to remain vigilant and report any information related to counterfeit trading or organised crime by contacting police on 101 or using GMP’s online LiveChat service Want to tell us about something happening in our Borough Let us know by emailing newsdesk@rochvalleyradio.com Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated Roch Valley Radio is a not-for-profit radio station serving Bury and Rochdale including the surrounding areas on DAB The ad-free version is ready for purchase on iOS mobile app today we couldn't find that page";var n=e.querySelector("h2");return n&&n.remove(),{staticContent:e,title:t}},d=function(e){var t=document.createElement("button");return t.innerText=e,t.classList.add("error-page-button"),t},f=function(e){var t=document.createElement("div");t.id="recirculation-404",t.classList.add("brand-hint-bg");var n="\n \n \n Tick here if you would like us to send you the author’s response One of Manchester's most culturally diverse suburbs the area is bustling with colourful fruit and veg stalls and fabric shops alongside takeaways and wholesale businesses Cheetham Hill is also home to Manchester's Irish Heritage Centre Famous residents have included The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett and Don Arden manager of The Faces and dad to Sharon Osborne Sign our campaign for a grant funding review All the developed homes will be provided at social rent Manchester City Council has approved the application for the development of 44 houses and 26 flats on two adjoining sites spanning nearly four acres At the two sites – one to the east of Waterloo Road and the other south of Tamerton Drive – housing association Mosscare St Vincent’s will build and provide all 70 homes at social rent Plans indicate the construction of 18 single-bed and eight two-bed apartments A total of 70 car parking spaces will also be provided Bowker Sadler is both the scheme’s principal designer and the planning agent group chief executive of Mosscare St Vincent’s said: “Project 500 has been an incredibly innovative project led by the city council to bring new homes to the people of Manchester “We are pleased that all 70 homes at our Cheetham Hill scheme will be social rent which is the most affordable option available and will not only help to tackle poverty and living standards head-on but will bring a wide range of property types to the area “Being able to deliver such a significant number of homes purely for social rent is a game changer and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority for partnering with MSV on this important scheme.” The brownfield sites are located in an established residential area of Cheetham Hill Nearby, Zephyr X wants to develop a £70m 23-storey BTR tower MSV has recently benefitted from Manchester City Council’s disposal of 10 sites hosting more than 700 homes as part of the local authority’s drive to hit its target of 10,000 discounted homes by 2032 Other sites include the former Reno nightclub in Moss Side which MSV plans to redevelop into 220 homes a three-acre plot where Southway Housing Trust is planning 50 homes MSV’s project team includes Sutcliffe To learn more about the recently submitted application use the planning reference 140867/FO/2024 in Manchester City Council’s planning portal MSV’s scheme forms part of the first phase of the city council’s Project 500 initiative which seeks to increase Manchester’s affordable home offer using council-owned land The first wave of projects – totalling 357 homes – are now either on-site or going through the planning process 92% will be made available at social rent or the Manchester Living Rent – a level of rent that is capped at the Local Housing Allowance rate Project 500’s second phase is underway and the first planning application for the next group of affordable homes will be submitted in the coming weeks The next phase will exceed the target of 500 new affordable homes on council-owned land delivered through the scheme Other schemes under the Project 500 umbrella include a 46-home development in Harpurhey and the proposed One Manchester development in Moston which would deliver 28 Manchester Living Rent homes Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and development said: “Project 500 is one of the innovative ways that we are working with housing partners in the city to meet our ambitious housing strategy target to make sure at least 10,000 social Council and genuinely affordable homes are built up to 2032 to meet demand for quality housing in Manchester.”  Read our 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Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value" Zephyr X has been granted planning permission for its plans to develop the £70m sustainable Cheetham Hill Build to Rent development in Manchester Bowker Sadler Architecture designed the project for MSV All 70 of the proposed houses and apartments on vacant land around Tamerton Drive will be available for affordable rent Housing association MSV wants to build on previously developed land in Cheetham Hill under plans lodged with Manchester City Council The scheme is located within an established residential area in Cheetham Hill Historical maps show the sites were previously occupied but were cleared several decades ago The land has been identified for residential development by the city council as a key site for a residential development in the Cheetham Hill area that will contribute towards housing demands on “underutilised open green area” according to a planning statement submitted with the application Bowker Sadler Architecture is advising MSV on the proposals search for reference number 140867/FO/2024 on Manchester City Council’s planning portal plans for a 420-pupil primary school off Bignor Street were approved last year The architect dealt with the corner so elegantly Why does ‘affordable’ housing have to look so dull Mindless repetition of brick boxes with pointy roofs Having withdrawn earlier plans for 115 homes on a seven-acre former ironworks of Crabtree Lane the housebuilder has lodged fresh proposals for 194 houses and apartments A large working-class residential area located to the north east of the city centre Crumpsall is best known by many as the location of North Manchester General Hospital It was first incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890 and was a popular residential location for mill workers during the industrial revolution Notable former residents have included Take That star Jason Orange and Moors Murderer Myra Hindley Having consulted on the proposals last year the developer has submitted an application to Manchester City Council to build a 23-storey build-to-rent tower Zephyr X wants to deliver a £70m project that would provide 237 apartments on a site fronting Cheetham Hill Road and bound by Carnarvon Street and Gibson Place The plot has been vacant for several years and was previously the forecourt for a car showroom the project would provide 155 two-bedroom apartments and 82 with one-bedroom search for reference number 138696/FO/2023 on Manchester City Council’s planning portal Iceni Projects is advising Zephyr on planning and KS4 Consulting is the project manager Zephyr X specialises in the development of residential schemes and is currently delivering care homes in Wigan and Blackburn as well as a 375-apartment BTR project in Milton Keynes Cheetham Hill is becoming an increasingly attractive prospect for developers due to the amount of regeneration going on around it. Last month, Benjamin Property Company put forward plans for a 25-storey scheme off Park Place Manchester College’s new city campus and Salboy’s 556-home Waterhouse Gardens are also nearby, while FEC and Manchester City Council’s 15,000-home Victoria North and the proposed regeneration of Strangeways will only hasten the speed of development in places like Cheetham Hill Solid looking proposal and good to see the city expanding out this direction however the overall area needs to feature a sizeable green space as part of its long term goal (preferably by the riverside further down from this site) Overdevelopment of every parcel & slither of land is beneficial to nobody who lives Tram should be extended down cheetham hill road What is wrong with these developers and the council should refuse just because of this one factor Change the grey to a more inviting and rewarding colour for everybody Don’t we have enough grey clouds to put up with already in this part of the world It is surely the worst color for Manchester Just look how good the cladding samples for Waterhouse Gardens are that consume an entire block should have the ground floor delegated to commercial spaces for shops and independent businesses You create a dead space with these concierge hangout areas that NO ONE hangs out in And creates dead zones along Cheetham hill road Building on the success of the 2025 edition of the global property expo where Place led a Northern delegation of public and private sector organisations to the South of France the foundations for next year’s plan have now been put into place early to allow your business as much time as possible to get organised With a planned conversion to special educational needs provision denied last year the University of Chester has asked the agent to find a buyer for 67 Liverpool Road Zephyr X's project in Cheetham Hill was one of three major schemes to be approved during Manchester City Council's planning committee yesterday Expect to see two new high rises on the city skyline now that JRL Group and Central & Urban have secured city council approval for their 28-storey apartment block by Piccadilly while Zephyr X did the same for its 23-story BTR scheme in Cheetham Hill Those were just two of the projects on the agenda for yesterday’s Manchester City Council planning committee meeting City councillors also voted in favour of Empiric Student Property’s expansion of the Victoria Point student accommodation blocks which will see the number of beds on the site grow by 310 One major project that did not fair as well was Views’ application for 35 homes off Withington Road The Ollier Smurthwaite Architects-designed scheme was deferred pending a site visit You can read more about those projects that got the committee green light below The Victoria Point project has been designed by Bell Phillips and 5plus Empiric Student Property received the green light for its refresh and expansion of Victoria Point student accommodation Manchester City Council decided in favour of the scheme – a decision that had originally been scheduled to take place last month Empiric will reconfigure four blocks on the site off Hathersage Road and demolish two Those that are razed will be replaced with one four-storey building and another 12-storey one The four blocks that are getting a revamp will also be extended This would grow the number of student beds on the site from 566 to 876 The designs from architects Bell Phillips and 5plus also include communal terraces and groundfloor commercial space There would also be 28 spaces for cars to park and 266 spaces for cycles to be stored The project team includes project manager Quartz Read more about the project. Hawkins\Brown led the design of the Zephyr X project Zephyr X‘s £70m residential scheme at the corner of Carnarvon Street and Cheetham Hill Road won the unanimous favour of city councillors The 23-storey build-to-rent apartment block will contain 237 flats and a ground-floor commercial unit The apartments will be either one- or two-bedroom residences Work is set to begin on the Hawkins\Brown-designed tower next year The construction of the apartment block will see a new use come to the brownfield site Residents would have access to street parking with accessible parking bays and a drop-off lay by situated off Carnarvon Street There would be 120 cycle storage spaces as well Zephyr X managing director Graham Haydon-White said he was “grateful” to have the support of the city council for the scheme “Our development offers an exciting opportunity to support the ongoing regeneration of this increasingly vibrant corner of Manchester helping to meet the established demand for high-quality accommodation in the city centre,” he said the project team includes project manager KS4 Consulting and planner Iceni Projects Read more about the project. SimpsonHaugh is the architect behind the Sparkle Street proposals City councillors gave the SimpsonHaugh Architects-designed residential tower by JRL Group and Central & Urban the thumbs up at committee which has an estimated construction cost of £75m according to a CBRE-written viability appraisal will be 28 storeys in height and boast 359 apartments and townhouses These homes will have between one and three bedrooms on a nearly one-acre site bounded by Store Street near Piccadilly The project includes two accessible parking bays It does not include any affordable housing is lined up to be the main contractor for the project the project team includes landscape architect Re-form and planner Deloitte Read more about the project. And if you have a car and park it on the street near Piccadilly (not London) Rail Station on the street overnight More high density living reduces the need for cars with better public transportation and connectivity @James Yates I’ve long thought there are a lack of parking space but in 20 years time it will be EVs The importance of car parking within city centre high rises will diminish as these apartment buildings do not have the capacity from the grid to support vehicle charging I can’t help but feel that the address ‘Sparkle St’ deserves so much more That Sparkle Street design is a miserable mess The arches at the very top of the building are the most bizarre and daft ‘flourish’ Just as Waterhouse was eventually derided for selling out (“Slaughterhouse Waterhouse”) so SimpsonHaugh seem not to care about legacy and instead yet another mediocre design Most city centre residents have a car parked somewhere in the city Such poor design for the two towers that were approved Why does every tower scheme in Manchester look exactly the same Boring monotonous facades with recessed windows providing the only articulation This is before they’ve value engineered things to look even worse Whoever is leading the Urban Design team at MCC needs to give their heads a wobble Time to bring in a proper Design Review Panel for any application of this scale That’s what they do in cities that value good design that will last the ages Totally disagree with anon 3.08…….have been on line and these are very well detailed schemes As someone who experienced CABE it didn’t offer a great deal Panel members tend to have contradictory views and often lead to the least worse and never the very best This building is nice and will help this city get more jobs and will be more popular but I wish I can just design a building and send it but you have to be a architecture student or an architect Sir Howard Bernstein has left a legacy in Manchester Kennings Garage with Coombes Boot and Shoes on the corner, the Odeon Cinema, the United Synagogue – it is easy to find pictures of Cheetham Hill in the 1950s Neat, prosperous, a little conservative even if it voted solidly Labour: Harold Lever won every election the Cheetham constituency ever had And this was Jewish Labour – Lever was the son of a Lithuanian textile merchant This is the world Sir Howard Bernstein came from Add the daily bus journey across town from Cheetham Hill to Hulme’s Ducie High School remembering the sense of community in the city he grew up in a couple of decades after he left Ducie for a job at Manchester Town Hall until he began to put right what he saw on those daily journeys Until then a leftist Labour council had specialised in gesture politics – nuclear-free zones and rows with the Thatcher government Bernstein – with the support of council leader Graham Stringer – took the unusual step of cooperating with government instead Manchester’s bid for a massive regeneration of Hulme won Michael Heseltine’s City Challenge competition in 1992 The socialist planning of the post-war period was literally erased – the Crescents were demolished and the buried lines of old roads Bernstein must have known well as a Ducie student plots were divided – many flowers would be allowed to bloom including private housing (virtually non-existent in Hulme and Moss Side) a design guide was introduced: things were expected to look and feel good Five years and about £400m revived around 110 acres restoring Hulme to its historic place at the scientific and educational heart of city life It was obvious long before the 1996 IRA bombing of central Manchester that Bernstein was the coming man Labour’s local leadership wanted him his finance chief and successor Richard Leese and chief whip Pat Karney were all contemporaries from versions of the same North Manchester world That he was put in charge of the rebuild – promoted over the head of his immediate boss – proved the point The rebuild of the city centre has been lavishly praised and much described; the same goes for the Olympic bids and Commonwealth Games success that advertised progress The point is that once the city centre was self-propelled Among other things it turned to the rest of that 1960s daily school journey this time starting at the other northern end A rash of initiatives began: the former Monsall Hospital was reclaimed and rebranded: Fujitsu and now the Sharp Project grew in that soil Nobody who wasn’t there at the time can understand the effect of the riots and their aftermath: something in the city changed When the prison closed for repairs an ambitious regeneration programme began And up at North Manchester Hospital the groundwork was done for what is likely to be one of the city’s most significant rebuilds Today it is among the least typical wards in a city which itself is not very typical of England or the UK It is unusually workless – according to the 2021 census 21.2% have never worked or are long-term unemployed Most who work have low-skilled or routine occupations neat place of the 1950s photographs – although no one could deny its vigour Bernstein would certainly have known the curious Tudor history of Sir Humphry Chetham whose land and legacy helped shape the city (and still does) Every day on the route to school he would have passed Chetham’s Library (and the Cathedral next door) It is hard to believe he didn’t know the two astonishing stories associated with the Library’s reading room one day succeeded in conjuring up the devil on the reading room table and so hot were his hooves that marks were burned into the surface (the table is still there The second is that the very same table was the place where Karl Marx and his collaborator a document that changed the world (for good or ill and a social reformer with a vision of how a city could look: the two together combined in Howard Bernstein He was the alchemical creation of the strange He should be remembered first as a son of the city It is very unlikely Manchester will see his like again whilst his quiet but steely authority ensured things got done the way he envisaged it Manchester is the richer for his life and that bit poorer for his passing You don’t get them like him in cheetham hill anymore dedicated man – by one who lived through some tempestuous times with him and Stringer Cllr Bev Craig said supporting the delivery of office space will be a “significant focus” for the city council over the coming years while insisting Manchester “does its best” to squeeze private sector residential developers for contributions towards affordable housing and infrastructure The local authority’s request to withdraw from Greater Manchester’s Places for Everyone spatial framework has been stymied by housing minister Matthew Pennycook This charming and deceptively spacious three-bedroom end terrace property is situated in a highly sought-after area of Dukinfield offering convenient access to local amenities transport links and Stalybridge Cricket Club Nature enthusiasts will appreciate the nearby Gorse Hall which provides ample green outdoor space and scenic woodland walks The ground floor features a welcoming hall a comfortable lounge with a multi-fuel stove and a separate dining room with a full-length window that floods the space with natural light making it ideal for family meals and entertaining guests The well-equipped kitchen offers ample storage and workspace including two generously sized doubles that provide a comfortable and relaxing retreat and a modern shower room with contemporary fittings The property has been upgraded with new carpets throughout ensuring a fresh and comfortable feel in every room Recent improvements include new front and upstairs windows enhancing both energy efficiency and aesthetic appeal and a new front door that adds to the property’s welcoming exterior The exterior boasts a forecourt garden at the front The enclosed tiered garden at the rear is a highlight featuring a block-paved patio area perfect for outdoor dining ideal for enjoying the outdoors in a private setting the garden includes a brick-built utility room and a storage room this character property combines spacious living areas with attractive outdoor spaces making it a perfect family home or an ideal choice for those looking to enjoy a blend of comfort and convenience in a vibrant community View online: www.homeea.co.uk/property/cheetham-hill-road-dukinfield Hawkins\Brown’s designs for a 23-storey-tall built-to-rent tower in Manchester have been submitted for planning The part-17 and part-23-storey block is for a site on the corner of Cheetham Hill Road and Carnarvon Street would contain 237 build-to-rent flats with 91m2 of commercial use on the ground floor Housing includes a mix of one and two-bed units with 12 apartments around a central core Tenants would have access to a roof terrace on the top of the 17-storey ‘shoulder’ element About half the homes would have access to cycle storage Hawkins\Brown said the stepped-back two-part design of the scheme allows for dual-aspect apartments and living spaces while giving the ‘impression of two adjoining towers’ The 0.12ha site was a former car showroom and has been empty for several years Previous proposals for the site included an eight-storey designed by SLA Design and consented on appeal in 2018 and a two-storey commercial scheme consented in 2013 Other nearby schemes include Hodder + Parners’ proposed 25-storey tower residential scheme and Jeffrey Bell Architects’ under-construction 34-storey tower Tags Tokyo-based architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA chatted to the… Skyscraper expert SimpsonHaugh has submitted plans for a 50-storey and a 25-storey… MVRDV and Mecanoo are among five finalists vying to design… Squire & Partners has finally won planning Ben Gardner and Zoe Chrysanthou(Image: GMP)A cannabis ‘influencer’ and his drug ‘connoisseur’ partner ran a café brazenly selling imported American ‘Cali weed’ from a ‘highly sophisticated’ Cheetham Hill industrial unit have both been jailed after the ‘commercial’ operation was discovered by police Manchester Crown Court heard the unit was transformed into the ‘Joint Café’ where members paid a £40 fee to gain access members could enjoy a bar serving food and drink and entertainment including pool tables and games consoles who was said to be a cannabis ‘influencer’ was involved in promoting the café on social media Chrysanthou flew out to California to arrange for the importation of Cali weed to be served at the premises READ MORE: Body found in search for Jay Slater 29 days after teenager went missing in Tenerife they discovered about 70 people inside as many tried to flee A judge said the café was a ‘determined and flagrant breach’ of drugs laws ‘designed to generate thousands of pounds of profit' this was a highly sophisticated commercial operation dealing with the sale of cannabis to customers much in the same way that lawful cafes and bars sell their wares,” Judge John Potter said Gardner and Chrysanthou’s lawyers both appealed for the pair to be spared jail citing the ‘devastating’ effect it could have on their five-year-old child But Judge Potter sentenced the pair to 31 months and 27 months in prison respectively Prosecutors said the café first came onto the police’s radar in November 2018 after officers spotted two men leaving an industrial unit on Knowsley Street in Cheetham Hill the men were found to be in possession of cannabis Gardner was said to be a cannabis ‘influencer’(Image: GMP)When officers entered the unit they were ‘overwhelmed’ by the smell of the drug with many seen trying to escape through various fire exits Those held by police were from all across the north west Police later discovered the unit was the home of the ‘Joint Café’ Those running the unit had taken out a ten year lease after paying a £3,000 deposit Customers paid a fee of between £30 and £40 for membership and used a ‘very sophisticated’ extraction system When police seized a phone they discovered a weekly work rota for staff working at the café a menu detailing different strains of cannabis available and a list of members Zoe Chrysanthou had flown out to California in June 2018 at the same time as the café first opened at a time when there was a ‘business need for imported Cali weed’ A WhatsApp group chat was also discovered which had been set up by Gardner which allowed officers to identify others involved Those behind the club had used social media to ‘openly advertise’ its existence with its Instagram account boasting about 10,000 followers Chrysanthou described herself as a ‘connoisseur of cannabis’(Image: GMP)In a post reporting that they had been ‘shut down’ the account said: “The pigs can’t shut us down neither can IG.” It was discovered that they were also in the process of opening a second café The judge said that the business had been run by Gardner and his then partner Zoe Chrysanthou who described herself to police as a ‘connoisseur of cannabis’ had previously earned modest sums as a hairdresser but at one point was raking in up to £8,000 a month who also appeared in the dock alongside the pair worked in the café on at least 97 occasions was another employee who had responsibility for recruiting new members and sometimes worked behind the bar police seized about 2.6 kilos of cannabis worth just over £29,000 Adam Lodge said the defendant accepted he was involved at a ‘managerial’ level He said Gardner became involved after being approached because he was a cannabis ‘influencer’ and was regarded a ‘good person’ to have in ‘getting people through the door’ Mr Lodge said Gardner is now a ‘very different person’ having become a father and earning qualifications in IT with hopes of working in that field David Bentley said she was pregnant with Gardner’s child at the time of the offences He claimed she was ‘vulnerable’ due to her circumstances and acted under the direction of her former partner He said that Chrysanthou denied being involved in the running of the café on a day-to-day basis Chrysanthou has debts and physical and mental health difficulties He said that both her and her former partner being sent to prison would be ‘devastating’ for their child Andy Scott said that the defendant’s ‘entrenched’ cannabis addiction is his ‘demon’ Alaric Walmsley said his client had an ‘employee’ role and was acting under the direction of others He said Chrysanthou has not committed any further offences since and has found work and is contributing to society Bravender was sentenced to three and a half years in prison while Luke Chrysanthou received an eight month prison sentence and was ordered to carry out 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 150 hours of unpaid work Gardner, of Outwood Road, Heald Green; Bravender, of Deepdale Avenue, Swinton; Luke Chrysanthou, of Park Green, Macclesfield; Zoe Chrysanthou all pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cannabis between June 2018 and April 2019 Hodder + Partners designed the Cheetham Hill residential tower for Benjamin Property Company Plans have been submitted for the part 25-storey part 15-storey apartment block on the corner of Park Place and Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester The 135,800 sq ft One Park Place will hold 46 one-bedroom flats and 108 two-bedroom ones as well as nearly 2,000 sq ft of commercial space if the proposals can achieve planning permission in their current state Benjamin Property Company is leading the charge to redevelop the Cheetham Hill site which currently holds an 8,200 sq ft vacant industrial unit this building would be demolished to make way for the tower One Park Place has been designed by Hodder + Partners with Land Studio leading on the landscape architecture In addition to the 154 apartments – of which 31 would be affordable – the project includes a semi-private courtyard and a roof garden on the 15th floor Located within a 10-minute walk from Victoria Station and Shudehill Interchange One Park Place is envisioned as a car-free development there will be 154 cycle storage spaces as well as two cycle stands next to the visitor entrance said he was delighted that the plans for One Park Place had been submitted “We believe that our development could kickstart the regeneration of this area and enable the council to deliver on its ambitions as set out in the strategic regeneration framework,” Ali said “I’m pleased to be able to confirm that our development will include 20% affordable homes as this was identified as important to the respondents to our consultation,” he continued as I understand the need for this type of housing in Manchester.” United Living is lined up to be the main contractor for the project the project team includes Roscoe Engineering and Jensen Hughes are also consultants on the scheme Also providing advice are Stephen Levrant Heritage Architecture You can learn more about One Park Place by searching application reference number 138302/FO/2023 on Manchester City Council’s planning portal It’s not the height which is the issue here it’s how generic it looks It doesn’t reference the neighbouring heritage buildings on anyway The justifications in the D&A statement are pathetic Hope it gets refused and sent back to drawing board Absolutely no change from the consultation images It’s shocking how the surrounding buildings have been completely ignored The height of the building could be justified but the lower storeys should reflect neighbouring buildings in appearance/materiality at least Slightly concerned at that end of Cheetham Hill turning into a canyon/wind tunnel if but really encouraging to see the developer fully engaged with meeting the 20% affordable housing requirement But with little cycling infrastructure around there zero attempt to engage with surrounding buildings It looks like the public consultation was a box checking exercise There’s not a single change in design at all I wish the designers and Council would CONSULT the public about the types of designs they would like to see They literally have a blank canvas and they simply lack the vision to fill it properly we absolutely should not be allowing residents to dictate to the developer and architects what sort of building they should design that’s a recipe for disaster and perpetual conflict Nothing out of place about size or design for this neighbourhood It’s right next to the city centre and other towers so the height is fine As for the neighbourhood whilst a small scattering of attractive heritage buildings do exist (mostly in terrible condition where I suspect most will be demolished This building is a step towards turning this area into what it should be I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the area needs a proper masterplan to enable the area to become part of the city centre residential / commercial skyscrapers and high streets / town squares to focus retail and leisure spaces You could easily get over 100,000 apartments in this area will keep rent affordable and keep Manchester as a great place for young professionals to live and work Don’t just chip away at the area with buildings like this should all have a balconies and roof top amenities In other words at least allow the public to have an opportunity to have some input into the environment they will inhabit @MrP residents have that opportunity already via the planning process Anyone can comment on a planning application I’ve yet to see a website or form that asks people (in advance) -for their input about the type/ style of buildings they would like to see built If that exists than i would like to see this advertised more widely they seemed to be calibrated in such a way that it was more about opinion about the design they had ALREADY chosen rather than offering a chance to have a say beforehand There are new provisions in the Levelling Up & Regeneration Act These have also to be drawn up with consultation from the community One Park Place was among several schemes given the go-ahead by Manchester City Council last week as was Curlew’s plan for a controversial student block in Hulme which was finally greenlit after several previous rejections WUKPG’s plans for a 263-studio student scheme off Plymouth Grove were deferred pending a site visit The site is located in one of Manchester’s main growth areas Benjamin Property’s plans for a part 25-storey part 15-storey apartment block on the corner of Park Place and Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester were submitted in October The 135,800 sq ft One Park Place will hold 46 one-bedroom flats and 108 two-bedroom ones The Cheetham Hill sit currently holds an 8,200 sq ft vacant industrial unit While a maximum height of 25 storeys may seem out of character for the area currently the scheme’s planning statement notes that there are multiple tall buildings being developed in the vicinity Planning consultant Zerum highlights Muse’s New Victoria 25-storey residential tower off Corporation Street and Salboy’s Waterhouse Gardens 556-home resi blocks off Dutton Street as two examples The scheme has been reduced in height twice After four rejections amid concerns about the impact an influx of students would have on the area plans for the 146-bed block were finally approved last week located on the site of the former Gamecock pub on Boundary Lane in Hulme has been scaled down from 13 to nine storeys since it was first proposed in 2021 with the number of bedspaces also reduced from 261 to 146 not a single iteration of the project had been deemed acceptable by the committee until last week when members voted 9-3 in favour of the project An earlier motion to refuse the project for a fifth time was defeated the campaign group leading the fight against the scheme described the decision to approve it as a “slap in the face” That Strangeways masterplan can’t come fast enough Cheetham Hill and Bury New Roads would benefit from a massive boost to population and services Would be great to see more people going to and from flats/local services here Some of the historic buildings around the fabric warehouses have bags of character Finally some common sense on the Gamecock pub site Interesting that they seem to have cleared out a lot of the contentious PBSA stuff early doors while everyone is re-mobilising after Xmas The snooker place will be closing soon at this rate There isn’t any snooker places left in the city centre from the onslaught of development @anonymous agree about Strangeways masterplan Far more likely to see some statement towers once the ball gets rolling on that One Park Place is a good density and should be less prominent when the surrounding apartments begin construction I just wish the design wasn’t with grey cladding The weather in Manchester is already Grey enough and the surrounding buildings on that side of Cheetham Hill Road already have the classic red brick which it should try to blend into Please whitelist confidentials.com to continue to our site and enjoy an Ad-Light experience I saw someone complaining on Twitter recently that all restaurant writers now just review the same places; that critics were drawn thoughtlessly to the same new openings that restaurant criticism was becoming homogenous a couple of days before I was due to go to (the not-new) Sakura in Cheetham Hill a review in the Guardian shows Jay Rayner heading in literally the same direction Rayner realises that it is not the Japanese restaurant he is supposed to be going to but a Hong Kong cafe of the same name in Salford Speeding away in a taxi to the ‘other’ Sakura ‘If you have been to the robot-assisted Sakura all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant (£27.99-£28.99 per person); outside it could be anything – a sofa showroom It is also the ‘first restaurant in the North West’ to use robot waiters I do my research before I turn up (I’m nothing if not diligent and a bit greedy) What are these robot waiters using their tips for Is one of them getting a round in at the end of service for his robot colleagues Are they using their tronc payment to save up for the latest iPhone To take a robot vacuum cleaner out on a date The robot waiters are adorable if – perhaps predictably – a bit weird They look like a cross between a tray trolley and a roomba Little animated cat faces light up when they engage with you and electronic letters occasionally flash across their back proclaiming ‘staff,’ as if you might accidentally identify them as just another all-you-can-eat sushi punter with a tuxedo decal sticker on their front although one is still bedecked in a red Santa outfit a robot glides up to a table and starts singing happy birthday to a lucky diner a small cupcake perched on one of its shelves because it seems robot waiters cannot be trusted with fire There are bright spots: a snappy temaki roll is vibrant with super fresh greens and generous tuna and so compulsively crunchy it’s a good thing the restaurant was closing The masago-topped (capelin roe) gunkan maki is a delight the eggs so tiny that they feel almost sandy before bursting in the mouth But the crayfish and tuna tartare gunkan maki are both swamped by mayonnaise The karaage chicken is nicely marinated but the batter is soggy The inari – deep-fried tofu skins stuffed with sushi rice – is promisingly blistered on the outside The rice is bewilderingly mixed in quality: some of it is good The sashimi (charged in addition to the all-you-can-eat) is almost entirely flavourless I can’t deny that there was a weird excitement to it As each robot waiter approaches our table and then swerves away the feeling I have is exactly the same as I had in the Pacific Bar and Restaurant on Newcastle’s Northumberland Street in 1997 where you could place your order electronically I expect it’s the same feeling my Mum and Dad had on the Tuxedo Princess on the Quayside in 1979 when there were phones on your table which allowed you to call another table My dining companion texted me afterwards with a video of the robot waiter paid for by Confidentials and completely independent of any commercial relationship They are a first-person account of one visit by one knowledgeable restaurant reviewer and don't represent the company as a whole but be warned that if you get stuck behind another table’s sizable order A surprisingly large number of people celebrating here on a Tuesday night – but the hard end at 10pm is a bit of a party pooper Which restaurants have our readers been visiting in March We look at ten top names due to land in the city Looking for a little lift through your letterbox Firefighters tackle blaze involving heavy goods vehicles in Wythenshawe Firefighters tackle large blaze at commercial unit in Levenshulme Firefighters tackle fire involving large amount of scrap metal at site in Bury Firefighters have worked through the night to bring a commercial building fire under control in Cheetham Hill crews were called to the incident at Bradstone Stone where they found a two-storey building was well alight eight fire engines and two aerial platforms were at the scene Four fire engines and one aerial platform appliance remain at the incident this morning (6am) Station Manager Craig Pinder said: “Crews have worked hard through the early hours to bring this fire under control and stop it from spreading to the adjoining building I’m pleased to say that we are now scaling back the incident as crews continue to damp down and tackle any remaining hotspots and we will remain at the scene throughout the morning “Surrounding roads are now reopen and neighbouring businesses are not affected and will be able to access their buildings this morning.” Firefighters are working hard to tackle a blaze at a commercial building in Cheetham Hill tonight (Wednesday 18 December) Eight fire engines and specialist appliances are currently fighting the fire which involves a two-storey building at an industrial estate on Bradstone Stone Crews were first called to the scene at 9.48pm on Tuesday 17 December where they found the 20m x 40m building well alight Firefighters are fighting the blaze in sectors using two aerial platforms to put water on to the fire from above Incident Commander GM Steve Jordan said: “Our crews have been working hard in challenging conditions to bring this fire under control and stop it spreading to nearby buildings “While the fire is not close to any nearby homes we do urge people to stay away from the area and keep doors and windows closed if they are affected by smoke.” Copyright Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service 2025 About  Advertise  Contact Traffic is queuing at the junction of Trinity Way snooker matches are taking place in a dimly-lit hall and the sound of light industry fills the air Cheetham is going to be home to a 25-storey block of flats And top council bosses say it will ‘change significantly, with ‘more modern buildings’ to be unveiled as the authority seeks investment in the zones of the city which are between the urban core and the suburbs It’s a prospect which some people are excited about believing the area is in need of ‘some love’ They worry that it’s only a matter of time before their shop or takeaway is swallowed up by a developer to make way for another tower which is already seeing change as the police and council clean up ‘Counterfeit Street’ we speak to the people who make Cheetham what it is — and about what they think of the impending change This part of the city — sandwiched between the AO Arena and Cheetham Hill village — hasn’t seen the arrival of skyscrapers or mill conversions that other post-industrial areas on the outskirts of the city centre have To this day, the south end of Cheetham Hill Road is still characterised by light industry, its proximity to HMP Manchester and the dodgy traders of ‘Counterfeit Street’ It may not be a residential area right now but there are still the landmarks of a community here is an example of redbrick Victorian architecture — but it’s also the home of electronic music nights which go into the small hours this area’s location represents untapped potential and so they are keen to bring it into the city’s centre orbit That’s already happening just over the other side of the River Irk with the Victoria North project in Red Bank and Angel Meadow which will see 15,000 homes built over the next decade-and-a-half to cater for 40,000 people It’s in this context that the new white tower will be built on the site of a small warehouse says he is ‘proud to be one of the first residential developments’ as the area transforms under the council’s Great Ducie Street Strategic Regeneration Framework “Our high-quality design from renowned architects Hodder + Partners will set the standard for development that follows in this area,” he added in a statement after planning permission was granted by the council on January 18 will be in an area ‘where we will get a lot of new buildings’ “This is an area which is going to change significantly,” added Dave Roscoe “We have a lot of good quality modern designs coming forward but we also need to protect and preserve important components of the area and its heritage.” is a hundred yards north of where One Park Place will be the owner of 18 months says succinctly when he’s asked if he welcomes the new tower He thinks having around 150 flats nearby will be good for business “I’m not worried about the future,” he goes on Of course [the area] needs a bit of love.” another shop owner next door who has been in the area for seven years: “We are not worried but he can identify some big changes in that time “Since the [UCEN Manchester] college moved in [to a new building on Bury New Road] you get a lot more foot traffic and people about but with them getting rid of the shops at the bottom you are losing a lot — but then they are often illegal so you can’t have it,” he explains That lost business might be replaced by residents nearby but overall he ‘isn’t sure’ about the development It’s only so long before they move up here I don’t know if you want flats where you can see over the prison… it’s not the best view for a couple of hundred grand.” Sean’s view that One Park Place could bring good — but also uncertainty — was one shared by other people working locally The feeling in the area is that the buildings in which local businesses are based will become attractive to buyers who want to replace them with flats thinks development nearby ‘could only be good for us’ because ‘we’ll get a lot more eyes on the business’ Ben thinks it’s a case of ‘if they come for us next’ watching the rain lash down on the site where the new tower will go “We’d be lucky to stay here for another year” Although there was some positivity and cautious optimism about the predicted wave of development in the area particularly those who will neighbour One Park Place “It’s too tall,” Asif Salam says when asked about the tower He is a partner at Salam & Masood law chambers Asif’s worry is not based on self-preservation as his chambers are in a listed building which ‘won’t go’ “We already have issues with parking,” he goes on “It’s a very small road so everyone will be on the main road or on our land it can take half an hour to go to Cheetham Hill Market and that’s only a mile-and-a-half.” More vociferous opposition in Cheetham Hill comes from Ramis Zeqo who has owned the Steven Charles Snooker Centre for almost a decade He thinks his business is on borrowed time in that location From my business point of view the closer the buildings get the more crowded it is for our snooker hall We have been here for 10 years in three months I think we’d be lucky to stay here for another year.” The feeling is even more acutely expressed by one punter who shouts over: “They are pushing us out!” the council’s executive member for housing and development says the authority will ‘always look to work with’ the local community He admits the council sees Cheetham as somewhere with ‘untapped potential’ – but adds that it is also mindful of the area’s heritage properties A statement said: “We look at this part of our expanding city centre and we see the untapped potential of an area that is now seeing signs of major investment that will help the growth of the neighbourhood “One Park Place is an early sign of the interest that is growing in Cheetham – and the affordable housing as part of that development is hugely welcome “It also complements the wider ambition for the Ducie Street area Strangeways and Cheetham Hill to invest in and create destinations of our high streets and district centres – supporting the local economies of these areas and creating opportunities for new jobs and for new and existing businesses and current employers to flourish – alongside new homes and retail space “But we know that there is a lot of history in this part of Manchester – and examples of impressive heritage properties – that we would look to preserve and protect as investment is brought forward “We will always look to work with a local community around major investment in their neighbourhood – and development proposals should be underpinned by meaningful consultation with local people and businesses.” You can find out about One Port Street in Cheetham Hill on their website by clicking here Did we miss something? 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Credit: ITV NewsWelcome to Cheetham Hill in Manchester it's been known as the counterfeit capital of the UK with more than 30 organised crime gangs working in the area But it's not just shoddy fashion and makeup containing toxic ingredients that people need to be concerned about; the illegal trade happening on Bury New Road is having dangerous repercussions felt around the world The UK's entire counterfeit industry is worth more than £8 billion and is proven to have strong links to human trafficking and terrorist organisations Greater Manchester Police has launched 'Operation Vulcan' to dismantle the gangs responsible and clear out the counterfeits The lead officer says the raids will not stop until the shops are shut - for good "In just nine weeks we’ve recovered £30 to 40 million worth of grey market goods which equates to about half a billion if they were sold by the brands" said Detective Superintendent Neil Blackwood "We’re regularly stopping people with thousands of pounds stuffed down their socks "They then go and use this money to buy drugs to further their criminal enterprise." officers find a cricket bat and a sweet tub of Moncler and Ugg logos - and some strong glue Although counterfeiters face up to 10 years in jail for selling fake fashion it's not illegal to shop in these stores - and they're not shy of customers But even browsing is a dangerous game to play; shopkeepers know they could be raided at any time and, on more than one occasion, have locked innocent shoppers inside "If the police or any other trade official comes down here they will shut the shutters and lock the doors from the inside" Detective Superintendent Neil Blackwood said "We’ve had people reporting sexual assaults We’ve had people knocked unconscious when they have got into disputes with shop owners "These shops will always have something like a baseball bat or a cricket bat or a knife behind the counter because this is not a normal shop This is a counterfeit shop run by criminals." Nearby police find a derelict caravan with smashed in windows Gangs often use young migrants as illegal labour paying them as little as £10 a day to be "spotters" - people who watch out for the police - or add labels to counterfeit goods "We believe someone was living in the caravan until quite recently again it's the exploitation of the workers" Above the caravan is an open waste pipe pumping human faeces on top or behind the mobile home that someone is living in Play Brightcove videoPolice raids are now happening almost daily and in the last few months millions of pounds of fake clothes – plus drugs and phones – have been seized police officers packed tonnes upon tonnes of boxes full of illegal goods into the back of a truck Everything that can be will be shredded and turned into blankets "A lot of raw materials has gone into this" explains Detective Superintendent Neil Blackwood "It is tragic that these shops operate to the point that we will have to go in spend an awful lot of time and it just goes for repurposing." The end goal is to clear out the counterfeiters and cut off cash supply to organised crime gangs - and Greater Manchester Police may not be far off Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories Listen to our latest podcasts to find out What You Need To Know.. CBRE is advertising a .31-acre residential development site in North Manchester on behalf of T&M Real Estate the site at 33-41 Cheetham Hill Road sits within the Great Ducie Street Strategic Regeneration Framework the site has been identified as suitable for landmark development for buildings of scale The site is well-placed near the Green Quarter district in Manchester. It is near a variety of amenities including retail units, restaurants, a hotel, and medical and leisure facilities. The site is also close to several large schemes: New Victoria and the former Boddington’s site “This development opportunity is ideally placed near to North Manchester’s rising Green Quarter at an exciting time of growth for residential schemes in the area,” said Jessica Coombes “It has so much to offer potential developers looking for prime land to build on and it’s just waiting to be discovered.” Are there plans to move Strangways prison I think that will become a road block for further expansion of the city into Cheetham hill Bernard Greep joins the firm’s planning division as equity partner and Michael Gilbert as partner Plans are being worked up for a 420-pupil primary school on an area of green space known as Bignor Street Park in Manchester Olive School, Star Academies’ two-form entry primary school, would address “an identified need within the community”, according to consultation documents Under Manchester City Council’s planning policy Conlon Construction is in line to build the primary school and a planning application is due to be submitted early next year Earlier this year, developer Renaker won approval for a 236-pupil primary school on Crown Street as part of its Great Jackson Street masterplan That facility would be the first primary school developed within Manchester’s inner ring road in two decades Haha more green space being removed by MCC Whilst this park needs investment I’m not sure this is the right approach here Maybe one of the other single story schools in the area should expanded (vertically) rather than building on green space there’s barely any green space in the immediate vicinity either I have lived on this street for 30 plus years Park wasn’t being used properly and was neglected for a very long time No one goes to the park and school is needed as the demand arises Bignor Park and the playing fields are being used daily I don’t know what you mean about “no one goes to the park” Heywood St is one of the few roads in Cheetham Hill that is easily accessible so parking is not an issue at the moment – until there’s the school traffic Good use of the land too – what better way than to educate youngsters It would be ideal to utilize a spacious location for productivity alongside a reputable learning institute that area has been greatly plagued by the misconduct of teenagers