| Reference: | 099352/VO/2012/C1 |
|---|---|
| Alternative Reference: | PP-01837235 |
| Application Received: | 14 May 2012 |
| Address: | Library Walk Albert Square Manchester |
| Proposal: | CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT Erection of a glazed link between Central Library and the Town Hall Extension, including the alteration and extension of existing window openings to finished floor level to create 2 no. entrances and installation of associated lighting; erection of gates to the Mount Street end of Library Walk; raising of the level of Library Walk to enable level access into both buildings and replacement of pavement light quadrant with a paving solution and associated works. |
| Status: | Application Pending Consideration |
Please see the full list of documents here or some are saved below:
Library Walk Heritage Statement
Library Walk Architect’s Drawing
The Manchester Modernist Society produced a really informative guide on how to object to the plans – Thanks!
Above: Plan showing proposal of pod between Central library and the Town Hall Extension. Below: Artist’s Impression of what the link will look like.
This response has come from the planners responsible for the application (click to view pdf): Library Walk Link Response to Representations
The report for resolution at the planning meeting can be viewed here
Friends of Library Walk 
“This response has come from the planners responsible for the application” >> Planning consultants, I doubt they have ever planned anything in the spatial sense other than cooking up a cunning plan of how to write pages of spurious post-rationalised nonsense. Also, is that a structural cloud from which the sky hooks will carry the frameless glazing? The visualisation is a fantasy, as is the likelihood of that space not being filled with sign boards and other peripheral clutter.
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What a carbunkle! I think a comment once made by Prince Charles, I think this is a vain project, even more so with the new welfare reform act, and cuts being made by Manchester City Council, seems vanity is more important then Jobs,