New flats for homeless people could be built across three 'underutilised' sites - including a disused play area and an ‘informal’ free car park - in Rochdale.
The proposal would see three apartment blocks constructed on land off Whitworth Road and Grasmere Street - also home to four ‘dilapidated’ council-owned garages.
Designed to a ‘high standard that will significantly enhance the character of the area’, it includes a pair of two-storey blocks - housing eight and four flats respectively - as well as a bungalow providing two homes.
The plans have been submitted by Cornerstone Place, a social enterprise which aims to end street homelessness in the UK by 2030 by working in partnership with homelessness support charities.
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