Huge solicitors office could be transformed into new apartment block and townhouses

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A new apartment block could be coming to Northenden after plans for 34 new flats and five townhouses have been submitted. The plans centre on a site that is currently the home of Express Solicitors, a legal practice specialising in personal injury claims.

But the Palatine Road company has plans to relocate to a larger office at South Court in Sharston and, if the proposal is approved by Manchester Council, the company’s home of 20 years will be transformed into new living accommodation in the centre of the suburb.

The proposals would see the three townhouses, three storeys in height, fronting Allanson Road and two more off Brett Street. READ MORE: Woman thought she’d got in the way of ‘filming for Top Gear’ shortly before collision which killed biker, trial hears READ MORE: 'I've never seen anything like it': Shock as horror Piccadilly Gardens bus crash leaves woman fighting for her life The five-storey apartment block with a mix of one and two bedrooms will have a 24-space car park mainly accessed via Allanson Road.

Eight of the overall proposed homes will be affordable (up to 80 per cent off market value). Before work could begin on the new homes, the old office building would have to be demolished.