The switch from the office to working from home during the Covid pandemic has forced the council to cash in on a vacant office building in Wigan.
14.05.2023 - 07:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Campaigners fighting plans for a block of flats at a Tesco car park in East Didsbury say they feel 'let down' following a U-turn by Manchester council. The plans to build 75 flats off Parrs Wood Lane were rejected by councillors last year after town hall planners raised concerns about parking, traffic and suitability for the area, but developer Dandara later appealed the decision.
A final decision on the development - dubbed Blackbird Yard - is now due to be determined after a public inquiry set to take place later this month. However, Manchester council has now decided it will no longer be fighting the developer's appeal.
It comes after 'additional information' - which addresses the reasons why the application was refused - was submitted by the developer as part of the appeal. As a result, the town hall has decided it will not defend its original decision to refuse it.
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The fight to stop the development has now been left to residents and local councillors who oppose it. They came together at the clock tower at the Tesco car park where the six-storey scheme is planned for a recent protest.
Tesco still owns the site, but the supermarket is working with Dandara which has applied for planning permission to develop it.
Tracy Lyn, who lives in Parrs Wood Avenue, brought a balloon which was raised above the clock tower - which dates back to the period when the site was a bus station - using ribbon to illustrate how tall the new development would be. She told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "We feel let down."
She said that the junction by the south Manchester supermarket is already congested at rush hour, claiming that traffic is often backed up all
The switch from the office to working from home during the Covid pandemic has forced the council to cash in on a vacant office building in Wigan.
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