Northern has announced its intentions to make it easier for customers to swap their ticket to another train on the same day if an unexpected delay occurs.
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The developer behind plans to build 75 flats at a Tesco car park in Manchester has appealed local councillors' decision to refuse planning permission. The Didsbury development dubbed Blackbird Yard will now be revisited at an inquiry with a government-appointed inspector set to make the final decision.
It comes after Manchester council's planning committee voted against the development at the bottom of the Tesco car park off Parrs Wood Lane. More than 200 residents wrote to the local authority raising concerns about the traffic and parking problems that the build-to-rent scheme would cause.
Developer Dandara scaled down the scheme following feedback at a public consultation by removing one storey and 20 apartments – but it would still be taller than the historic clock tower just metres away from the development. It comes five years after plans to build a McDonalds drive-thru restaurant on the site were thrown out following a campaign by local residents and councillors.
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Members of the group which ran the 'East Didsbury Not Lovin’ It' campaign have come together again to oppose the latest proposal to develop part of the car park. A spokesperson for East Didsbury Community Group said: "There's cross-party agreement that it's the wrong development in the wrong place.
"There were more than 200 objections. Residents don't feel listened to.
"It's not residents just saying we don't want development there. The scale of this is wholly inappropriate."
Last summer, councillors on the planning committee voted against the scheme. It comes after residents raised concerns about the traffic it would add to the roads around it which are
Northern has announced its intentions to make it easier for customers to swap their ticket to another train on the same day if an unexpected delay occurs.
Plans have been lodged to build a huge new car park with more than 1,000 spaces at a popular national park just outside Greater Manchester. A planning application has been submitted by Land Studio Ltd, working with the National Trust, to relocate the car park at Lyme Park and to improve access and facilities for visitors.
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Leaders at Didsbury mosque have responded to criticism they faced in the Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry, denying they showed 'wilful blindness' to highly-charged political debate about conflict in Libya before the atrocity. The south Manchester mosque was yesterday (Thursday, March 2) heavily criticised in the third and final report of the public inquiry into the attack.
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