Five new skyscrapers - including what would be Manchester's tallest and 'dog spa' block - could soon be signed off

Five huge new skyscrapers containing 2,388 flats are set to be built on Deansgate — and one could become Manchester’s tallest building.

The towers, all proposed by developer giant Renaker, have been recommended to receive planning permission next week. All five sit on land Renaker owns on Great Jackson Street, sandwiched between the Deansgate Square and Mancunian Way.

The tallest of the five is called Plot D, which will be 71 storeys tall. Should it get planning permission, it will surpass Deansgate Square South Tower — another Renaker effort — as the city’s tallest building at 213 metres (698 ft) tall.

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Thursday’s (August 29) planning meeting will therefore fire the starting gun on a race between Renaker and rival developer Salboy, which unveiled plans for a 76-storey skyscraper earlier this year, which would be taller still than Plot D. It means if Renaker wants to hold onto its crown of the firm behind the behemoths, it will need to construct and open Plot D faster than Salboy can do Viadux 2a.

The £300 million Plot D will feature a ‘lantern’ design at the top, which echoes the motif of a lighthouse, Renkaer says. Starting at the 67th floor, this lantern will house the private residential amenities.

Those amenities will include lounges, private dining, and meeting rooms on floor 67, and a swimming pool, sauna, and gym on the 68th level, which also extend up to storey 69.

On floor 70, the final level which can be accessed by the public, an 8,200 sq ft (762 sqm) restaurant is planned. It will offer ‘360 degree views of Manchester’ by running alongside ‘the full perimeter of the building’.

And diners will one day see