New Wakefield Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester Archaeological Evaluation

Allied Developments Ltd has submitted a planning application to erect a multi-storey student accommodation block on New Wakefield Street in Manchester. In August 2009, as an initial stage in the development process, Hodder & Partners Ltd, acting on behalf of Allied Development Lts, commissioned OA North to undertake an archaeological desk-based assessment of the site. This study concluded that there was a low risk for significant archaeological remains to survive on the site, although the potential for remains to survive with deeply buried alluvium associated with the river Medlock, could not be discounted entirely (OA North 2009).