Former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher and wife Liz took a break from life on the farm to go for film star glamour in Manchester.
28.06.2024 - 12:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Some 161 days ago, a member of Manchester’s planning committee urged his fellow councillors to ‘rip the plaster off’ and to stop ‘dancing around the dog s***’.
He was speaking at the January meeting of the committee, which was debating an application to build student flats on the site of the former Gamecock pub in Hulme. It was the fifth time the committee discussed the plan, after campaigners previously urged them to ‘Block The Block’.
Coun Andrews’ encouragement meant the Gamecock bid was approved nine votes to three, prompting members of the public gallery to shout ‘shame on you’ after the result was announced. Plans were first unveiled in May 2021 — 37 months prior to the approval — making it one of the city’s longest-running political sagas.
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It was thought those cries of shame represented the final chapter in the Gamecock story. But now, it appears that the episode is far from over.
That’s because Block The Block campaigners are now preparing to take the case to the High Court, confirmed at Friday’s (June 28) planning meeting when an activist politely interrupted proceedings to hand committee chair Coun Jon-Connor Lyons a letter advising the council of the move. They say they will only call off the action if the authority ‘quashes’ the approval.
“When a decision is taken to use land for student apartments, all alternative futures are forfeited; the ability to use the land for social housing, a community centre or a green space vanish,” said solicitor Tom Lavin, who works at the Greater Manchester Law Centre.
“With the stakes so high, the court must decide whether unelected officers have misled elected representatives on the planning committee. We will be
Former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher and wife Liz took a break from life on the farm to go for film star glamour in Manchester.
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