Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Controversial plans to build over 850 student flats in a ‘tombstone’ skyscraper in Manchester city centre have been approved despite a ‘tsunami’ of opposition and the threat of legal action.
More than 750 letters of objection were submitted against the application for the 55-storey tower, which will be built on top of a partly demolished multi-storey car park.
A decision on the £130m scheme proposed on the corner of Great Marlborough Street and Hulme Street by GMS Parking Limited had been twice deferred by the planning committee.
The publication of an officer’s report supporting the development days before a consultation has also ‘severely harmed’ trust in
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