Following rejection of a larger hotel with parking considered to be insufficient, developers have resubmitted a reduced application with more parking.
The application is open for comments
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Following rejection of a larger hotel with parking considered to be insufficient, developers have resubmitted a reduced application with more parking.
The application is open for comments
The developers for Stretford Mall and Lacy Street, Trafford Bruntwood, have submitted a scoping report request.
The nature of the development in our town centre makes it a requirement to submit an Environmental Impact Assessment with the planning application.
This scoping request is a preliminary exercise to tease out the subject matter that will need to be included within the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Whilst a scoping request is not particularly noteworthy in itself, the description submitted in terms of the plan for Stretford is exciting:
By planning standards this was a hard-hitting report.
The principle of the demolition of the existing buildings and their replacement with residential development was considered acceptable.
However, for reasons set out in full later in the report, the assessment of the scheme against NPPF (National Planning Policy Framework) policies relating to heritage ‘provides a clear reason for refusing the development’.
There were also other issues which weighed against the proposal relating to:
The report also drew the members attention to the fact that most of the dwellings would not meet the nationally described space standards so the poor level of amenity was exacerbated and also indicated an overdevelopment of the site.
The proposal was for 57 apartments in an ‘L’ shaped block with a five storey frontage to Chester Road adjacent to the Gorse Hill Park gates on the site of the Greatstone Hotel.
Planning committee unanimously supported the officers’ report and refused permission on the submitted plans.
Councillor Mike Cordingley is a member of the planning committeee
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