Hourigan Connolly successfully negotiated the refurbishment, redevelopment and retention of this landmark Manchester City Centre pub. With the upper floors in residential use, careful consideration of amenity and ventilation issues and negotation with the LPA ensured the re-opening of the public house, including the restoration of the historic building frontage, in a timely manner to […]
Band on the Wall, Swan Street, Manchester
Hourigan Connolly prepared a Planning Statement to support a planning and listed building application to extend the existing Band on the Wall Music Venue, incorporating the façade of an existing building to the rear. Part of the venue is a Listed Building and therefore the planning balance had to be carefully considered. By devising various […]
The Recreation Ground, Brookburn Road, Chorlton, Manchester
Hourigan Connolly are avid supporters of WD&C AFC, offering support in both a professional capacity and by shouting loudly on the sidelines during matches. The club required assistance to protect the life of two important extant planning permissions which were due to expire. We provided advice on how best to approach this, as well as […]
The Bird I’ Th’ Hand, Birtle, Rochdale.
A well-known restaurant operator wanted to secure the future of a local Public House through the creation of a gastro pub. However this would only be viable if the existing premises could be substantially extended. Ambitious plans were drawn up by C J Partnership which proposed the doubling in size of the premises in this sensitive […]
White House Hotel, Abersoch, Gwynedd, North Wales
Hourigan Connolly recently obtained full planning permission for the development of a high quality 42-bed hotel, 18 open-market apartments, a spa, restaurant and bar on behalf of private clients. Following the refusal of the initial application for non-payment of affordable housing contributions, Hourigan Connolly submitted an appeal to PINS and re-submitted the planning application to […]