Furious residents told their objections to controversial plans are 'not applicable'

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Residents on the doorstep of a landmark office block in Sale have been told their protests over its conversion into 80 apartments ‘are not applicable’.

People who are close neighbours of the six-storey Sale Point building on the A56 Washway Road - one of the main arterial routes into Manchester from Altrincham - say the development will add to traffic and parking chaos they already suffer.

They are also worried about the capacity of local schools and doctors' surgeries to handle the additional residents. Plans for the transformation of the 1970s building are currently lodged with Trafford council’s planners.

However, because the conversion is a change of use under ‘permitted development’ regulations, Trafford’s planning officers will make the decision, not councillors on the borough’s planning committee.