after planning permission was granted to redevelop the site in what has been described as a ‘unique set of circumstances’.Real Estate Investments Partnership had hoped to act on planning consent it received in 2017 to build a five-storey apartment building with retail space in place of the three former weavers' cottages.The scheme also included the restoration of 7 Kelvin Street, a Grade II listed building at the back of the site.Objectors from as far as the Netherlands had urged the council to save the buildings, and last month councillors met the call by turning the application down.Despite recommending that the demolition should go ahead, council officers were asked to present suitable reasons for refusal to support the committee’s.
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