Manchester council is 'completely committed' to redeveloping Wythenshawe Civic Centre, its leader has said, after failing to win a £20m Levelling Up bid. Transformation plans for the 1970s site, which include a food hall, cultural hub and 1,500 homes, were approved by the council on Wednesday (January 18).
But hours later, the local authority learned that its bid for Levelling Up funding was unsuccessful. Nevertheless, town hall bosses said they would still be progressing with the plans regardless of the decision by the government.
Reacting to the news, council leader Bev Craig said: "We are of course deeply disappointed that our Levelling Up bid to transform Wythenshawe Civic centre has not been successful. Manchester is the sixth most deprived place in the UK and our understanding is that Levelling Up is about creating real and lasting change in our communities. We have a fully developed plan for Wythenshawe that we felt embodied the ethos of the funding criteria perfectly.
