Landsec has submitted a planning application for the first phase of homes at the £1.4bn Mayfield Park regeneration scheme in Manchester.

Designed jointly by architects Studio Egret West and shedkm, the first 879 homes within a major extension to Mayfield Park will include one, two and three-bedroom apartments alongside shops, restaurants, cafés, a health and wellbeing club and community spaces

A new park square, rain garden and rock gardens will all be part of the proposals which will see Mayfield Park increase by 57% in area as the first phase of residential and commercial development comes forward.

If approved, the residences will complete the first built phase of the Mayfield district, which also includes 325,000 sq ft of office space across two buildings, and a multi-modal transport hub featuring the city’s biggest cycle park with space for hundreds of bicycles.

Previously underutilised brownfield land next to Manchester Piccadilly Station, Mayfield is creating a key new growth area with homes, workspace, amenities and further public space.

The completion of Mayfield Park in 2022 provided a new ‘green lung’ for the city at the heart of the new neighbourhood which will bring thousands of homes, jobs and a significant retail and leisure offer to a once derelict part of Manchester.

Mike Hood, on behalf of Landsec, said: “Our ambition for Mayfield is to create a diverse, green, world-class place where everyone feels welcome – whether that's to live, work or visit.

“Since opening the park in 2022, we’ve been on a mission to continue to grow it across the 24-acre masterplan.

“The major expansion of green space and the first homes alongside workplaces at Mayfield are all extremely exciting. It’s easy to forget much of this part of town was disused, derelict land just a few years ago.

“We look forward to continue to shape Mayfield’s future alongside our partners and hand in hand with local residents.”

The planning submission follows Landsec’s announcement that Mayfield’s first office building, Republic (230,000 sq ft of office space), designed by Morris + Company, will start on site in 2025.

The second office building, The Poulton (95,000 sq ft of office space), designed by Bennetts Associates, and a multi-modal transport hub featuring the city’s biggest cycle parking hub, designed by Studio Egret West – the practice behind the Mayfield masterplan and landscape architecture of the park design – will follow shortly after.

The first residential buildings, set across four blocks linked in pairs, each contain a low-rise element and taller tower.

Streets will connect the buildings and address site level changes between the Mancunian Way at the south of the plot and Mayfield Park to the north.

The buildings are staggered in height towards the centre of Mayfield Park and designed in a way that retains as much access to sunlight as possible, while creating a safe and peaceful destination separated from the busy Mancunian Way.

The planning application follows consultation with the local community, visitors to the park and local schools which indicated that more park and community space is vital for future of Mayfield.

The Mayfield Partnership is a public-private partnership comprising Manchester City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester, the UK government’s placemaking and regeneration specialist LCR Property and LandsecU+I.