direct to your inboxA change of use has been approved for a former Argos store at the centre of a row over library services.The empty unit at Stockport’s Merseyway shopping centre can now be used more ‘flexibly’ - including as a museum, library or exhibition space - following the decision.It paves the way for the launch of the One Stockport hub, which is intended as a ‘cultural and community’ centre in the town centre.A key part of the council’s Covid-19 recovery plan, bosses see it as a ‘precursor’ to a much bigger cultural hub planned for Merseyway’s Adlington Walk.But proposals to transfer the Central Library service to the new site provoked a huge backlash, with nearly 5,000 people signing a petition against the move.In an apparent.
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