Plans to convert slaughterhouse into home

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A couple who own a slaughterhouse which served their Flixton butcher’s shop now want to turn it into a home. Jim and Andrea McGuirk have applied for planning permission to convert the building on Flixton Road, backing onto Flixton Girls School, into a residence.

The slaughterhouse - behind a row of terraced houses - originally served the butcher’s a few hundred yards away before it closed and became a sandwich bar and deli with indoor and outdoor seating.

The building has been used for storage for the McGuirks’ loft conversion business for more than 20 years. A planning statement on Trafford’s online planning portal says: “The building is in a poor condition and the proposed works would make efficient use of an under-utilised building and enhance the appearance of the site and wider locale.” Planning documents propose that the 500sq ft footprint of the building be retained along with the lower walls with the inclusion of half-dormer windows added to the front roof of what would be a two-storey home. READ MORE: Premier Inn hotel near Trafford Centre to be bulldozed after it's plagued by problems This would result in a two to three-bedroom unit with a total internal area of about 800sq ft.

The planning statement goes on: “The slaughterhouse is in a poor condition, the external walls are bulging which is reducing the stability of the building.