ABSTRACT
In 2003, planning permission was granted for the Beetham Hilton Tower. At 47 storeys and a height of 171 metres, the building, which was completed in 2007, was the tallest residential building in the UK and one of the tallest in Europe (see Figure 6.1). It already dominates the city’s skyline from a number of viewpoints and impacts significantly on its immediate surroundings. With increasing development pressure on the tightly bounded city centre, the Beetham Tower has been followed by a number of further proposals for tall buildings in the city centre, encouraged by the generally pro-development and entrepreneurial planning agendas in the City Councils of both Manchester and Salford (Ward, 2003). The Beetham Tower, Manchester https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203720875/8b0cfefa-6854-4aa6-9928-afaf8d79e11c/content/fig6_1_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
