Hawkins Brown gets thumbs-up for downsized Manchester Met library

By Tom Lowe2026-05-11T10:36:00

Approval comes a year after council approved a larger version of the scheme later deemed unviable

Manchester city council has approved Hawkins Brown’s downsized plans for a library at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Councillors voted to approve the scheme on Friday, six months after the university submitted a planning application which scaled back an earlier version of the scheme.

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