📍 Moor Lane, Bolton. Step Places faced an extremely tight funding deadline for securing planning permission for the Moor Lane site, in part due to its significant strategic importance within the 2017 Bolton Town Centre Framework. A 'key intervention area' and not to mention a vital route for improving pedestrian movement across the town, the site was already of significant interest to local politicians, stakeholders and the community. On top of all that, half of the site lies within the Town Hall Conservation Area, and in the setting of two important listed buildings. Our challenge was therefore... 🏘️ Get the design absolutely right ⌛ Do so incredibly quickly Intrigued? Find out how we did it - in partnership with Step Places, Bolton Council, AEW Architects and Bolton at Home - in Part One, Chapter Two of EK Unlocked... https://lnkd.in/e2A9uqj5 #planning #development #architecture #housing #housingcrisis #greatermanchester #gmca #placesforeveryone #moorlane #ekunlocked #bolton Original image credit: AEW Architects
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