Victory for hundreds of objectors after councillors reject 'insane' housing estate

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityOffices occupied by a social housing provider could be converted into flats.Six planning applications have been submitted to Salford council requesting prior approval to create up to 83 apartments at the Salix Homes offices.The housing association is still based at Diamond House, part of the Isher Business Park in Peel Cross Road, but its current lease ends in 2022.Of its 320 employees, around 200 would

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direct to your inboxPlans for more than 50 affordable homes which will see a former pub in Tameside converted into apartments have been approved by town hall chiefs.The decision means that a new estate of 52 homes will be built on land around the former Organ Inn pub on Market Street in Hollingworth.Part of the site is a field which was historically used as a junior playing pitch for local football club Hollingworth Juniors and Old Boys Club.However the planning documents state this has been

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East Kilbride mum has said her children are terrified to come home after her partner's van was destroyed in an early morning blaze.The family say they have been left with virtually no source of income just weeks before Christmas after the works van was "torched".The distraught family have taken to Facebook after the terrifying blaze on Monday night shortly after 6pm at Turnberry Place in Greenhills.Most of the tools in the van are now damaged beyond repair and the charity volunteer mum has said

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA plan to build a care home in place of a seafront hotel has been refused by councillors.Firm Simply UK applied for planning permission to demolish the Parkstone Hotel in Prestwick and build a 64 bedroom care home.The bid sparked 23 objections from residents voicing concerns over parking, losing the hotel, infrastructure and noise pollution among others.The historic Parkstone venue has operated for

Controversial plans for a new housing estate are being recommended for approval -  despite more than 250 objectors, who argue the development will cause ‘complete chaos’.Tameside’s planning committee is set to vote on proposals to build 21 family homes on land at Brookfields in Mossley.The development by Clements Court Properties Limited is planned to comprise of four and five-bedroom properties which would be a mixture of two and three storeys high.It would be built around two cul-de-sacs with

Councillors have failed to back plans for a new drop off and pick up point at Bolton railway station – describing the proposals as ‘a massive missed opportunity’.The council’s planning committee deferred a decision on the plans which involve the demolition of the former bus station concourse building and the construction of a new road outside the station off Newport Street.Councillors heard that the existing drop off area on Trinity Street is problematic and ‘often misused’, causing constant

Kilmarnock estate.Clowes Developments Scotland want to erect 73 homes on the site of the former BMK carpet factory on Barbadoes Road.The new properties would offer two, three or four bedrooms, according to drawings if given the go-ahead.The Kilmarnock Standard reported last month that the proposals would see new homes built on a flood plain next to an eyesore gas tank.Plans lodged with East Ayrshire Council include 146 car parking spaces, access roads, open space and drainage.A number of homes