A SIZEABLE housing development has been given the go-ahead in Levenshulme despite some strong opposition from locals.
Manchester City Council granted permission for 150 new homes - 109 flats and 37 houses - on a site next to St Mary’s Church on Elbow Street.
New shops and an underground car park will also be built by the Irish based developer.
It’s the fourth time the scheme has come before planners but objectors say it is still overdevelopment of the site and the amount of new cars generated will increase traffic chaos in the area.
Others believe the derelict site needed tackling and the crucial thing now will be on the design detail to make sure the end result is as good as it can be.
The same probably applies to a 10 acre site in Heaton Moor which has just got permission for 210 new homes.
The land is owned by Stockport College which has been looking at its options since it lost Government funding for a new building.
Selling off sites for development is one way to raise reserves and as well as this one it plans to dispose of six more in Stockport and one in Wigan.
Stockport Council granted outline approval on condition that 20-25% of homes will be affordable housing and the developer provides replacement sports pitches and changing facilities.
Expect a bit of a rush from developers keen to build in this popular suburb.
There may be less of an appetite to develop a 47 acre brownfield site in Newton Heath where an application has gone in to Manchester planners to build 400 homes alongside new office/light industrial space.
Architects Taylor Young have designed the scheme for the former Jacksons Brickworks site on Ten Acres Lane and say it will contribute to the regeneration of the wider area.
As well as new homes and new workspaces there will cycle routes and walkways on the land that borders the Rochdale Canal.
