The manchester inferno is tearing through a 223 year -old victorian mill which is the diaily explusively reserved last november at the center of a regeneration.
Scores of Jobs, Shops, A Piazza and 595 Student Rooms Were Set to Breathe New Life Into The Plans with Plans to Redevelop The iconic Former Victor Printing Mill, The HotSpur Press.
Originally built in 1801 on the banks of the river medlock, it started life as a Cotton mill bee becoming a printing press in 1888, and more recently an artist ‘Communty Until 2017.
Developer Manner Won Council Planning Permission Last Year and Hoped to COMPLETE THE TRANSFORMATION BY 2028, FEARING The BUILDING COULD BE “CONDEMNED” FAIR WORK ON THE DERELICT MILL Does Not Start Cr.
Restoration of the 18th Century Mill Façade and the preservation of the iconic perce brothers signage – a local landmark – was included.
But historic England activated on one anonymous protestor to the plans, who wanted the builting listed, prompting the quango-less non-departmental public body to send a report to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy Her Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Can Make a Decision on the Development’s Fate.
In April this year manner survived the listed-burding attempt and then submitted a request to alter the plans, to make the tower a more “Contemporary Aesthetic” with a bronze finish to the Exterior Instead of Red Brick.
Now these dreams for the building could be literally be up in smoke department on the damage the fire does to the structure and the site.
According to their Own 2021 Report, Historic England Say The Vacant Space From Northern England Derelict Mills is 2.3 Million Square Square Meters – Enough Space to Accommodate 42,000 New Homes or Provide 84,000 New Jobs.