‘Controversial’ pub car park development gets final sign off
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThree homes due to be built in the car park of a pub in Oldham have received a final seal of approval this week. The three terraced houses will take up 15 spaces outside The Grapes on St John Street in Lees.
The application was the subject of a tense planning meeting in February but has now been signed off by deputy chief of the council, Emma Barton, on Monday August 19.
The bar chain and developer Punch Tavern will now have three years to start work on the three-bedroom properties, which will be situated to the West of the Grade II pub building and face Medlock Way. READ NEXT: Man loses his leg in horror digger incident on waste site The homes will each have 50 square metres of garden and two on-site parking spaces.
They’ll be fitted with a double bedroom, two singles, a ‘generous’ kitchen, and an open plan living and dining room, according to the developers.
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