Two families affected by the tornado that hit parts of Tameside have launched crowdfunding appeals as residents count the cost of the freak storm.
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A mum says she is being driven out of her Victorian four-bedroom home after the controversial approval of a plan to turn the nextdoor property into a house of multiple occupation (HMO). Hayley Trotter, 45, broke down in tears in front Salford planning committee councillors as she pleaded with them to refuse an application to convert the vacant house next to hers into a six-bed HMO.
Following a long debate, the 10 councillors were split evenly, but chair Coun Phil Cusack had the casting vote and opted in favour of the application for the conversion of the property on Peel Green Road, Eccles. Mother-of-two Ms Trotter sobbed as she told the meeting: “This is having a massive affect on my family. It’s causing a lot of stress and upset over who’s going to be living next door.
“We’ve got lovely neighbours, but now I’m going to be worried about the noise coming from next door.” She told the committee that when previous owner of the house lived there, the walls were so thin she could hear him drawing the curtains.
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Ms Trotter also said her partner was an HGV driver and feared he would kept awake by ‘disturbances’ from next, rendering him potentially unsafe to drive his huge truck. After the meeting she vowed to put her house up for sale. “I’ve already had it valued,” she said.
Another close neighbour, Katherine Morgan, 48, also addressed the meeting. She blasted a report presented to the committee by the city’s planning officers.
“I’m surprised by what’s there [in the report], given my experience of living in the
Two families affected by the tornado that hit parts of Tameside have launched crowdfunding appeals as residents count the cost of the freak storm.
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