The first public meeting looking at resident’s views on the content of our Broadgreen Community Plan took place on Saturday 26th January. If you have any views or comments about the future direction of this area, want to find out what it is all about or simply wish to socialise, then please come along to a future meeting. They will hopefully be held on the last Saturday of each month at the Broadgreen Centre in Salisbury Street. We are optimistic that these meetings, which are open to all Broadgreen residents, will be well supported and become a monthly feature in people’s diaries.
A decision on the planning appeal for the George Whites site in Manchester Road has now been made. Despite the planning committee turning the plans down on a number of points, the planning inspector didn’t agree and has now given permission for the site to be demolished, and in its place a 3 and 4 storey flat complex to be built. The 4 storey building on the corner with Corporation Street was deemed as an “appropriate feature, marking this prominent ‘gateway’ in a satisfactory manner”! No provision for affordable housing need be included in the redevelopment and 24 off road parking spaces will be included. With a precedent having now been set for taller buildings on a corner junction, we now have to sit tight and see if any other owners of prominent corner properties fancy following suit.
Whilst on the subject of planning, the owners of the old laundry site in Aylesbury Street recently had their planning application turned down and are now looking at ways to alter the proposed building to be more sympathetic to the surrounding 2 storey homes. They hope that a new plan can be put forward that will be more acceptable to all and one that will gain planning permission.
