direct to your inboxResidents have blasted Manchester Council for backing plans for a controversial 55-storey student skyscraper - despite being warned it will face an immediate legal challenge.Hundreds of people living in the Macintosh village area off Oxford Road have been fighting the £130m proposal to build a 'landmark' student tower block with 853 rooms for several years.They have raised a long list of objections including the 'tombstone' design which would leave many facing onto a windowless 165m brick gable end.Residents also argue the proposal contravenes a number of the council's key planning policies in terms of changing the residential makeup of the neighbourhood.Councillors for the Deansgate ward, Marcus Johns and William.
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