Plans to revamp an historic area of Stockport previously deemed ‘harmful’ to the town’s heritage have been passed after advice to councillors was changed at the 11th hour.
Proposals for an ‘inextricably linked package of sites’ across Little Underbank, Lower Hillgate and Churchgate were said to ‘fall short of the standards’ of similarly sensitive developments’ by the council’s conservation officer.
Part of a multi-million pound regeneration of the area, the project was announced by property firm Hall & Co last year - although the applications have been made under the name ‘Project Iris’. READ MORE : Plans to revamp Stockport’s historic Underbanks could have a ‘long term harmful impact’ on the town’s heritage The authority’s planning
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