Mayfield has won the best use of brownfield land in placemaking in this year’s Planning Awards. Judges described it as “a hugely transformational project with communities at its heart”.
Since 2016, we’ve been working with our client The Mayfield Partnership to breathe new and much-needed life into this 24-acre derelict site, with a shared vision to transform it into a thriving mixed-use community in the heart of Manchester. From the creation of the city centre’s first new public park in 100 years, to the re-use of historic buildings and the remediation of a hidden river, Mayfield is an exemplar of community-led brownfield regeneration.
We wanted to create a buzz on the site from day one, paving the way for the social, economic and environmental benefits to come, and we’ve done this with a host of pop-up and meanwhile uses.
Longer-term, our‘nature-first’ proposals for the park include opening up the River Medlock, allowing nature to finds its way into the city, creating new riverside habitats and providing a flood plain that can accommodate climate-change scenarios.
Overall, the brownfield site will provide over 2.3m sq ft GIA office space facilitating 13,000 new jobs, 1,500 homes, 56,000 sq ft of retail and leisure, a new 300-bed hotel and 13-acres of public realm, including Mayfield Park.
