Plans for 42 flats on Manchester's curry mile have been thrown out. The four-storey development in Rusholme, which features 5,500 sq ft of commercial and restaurant space on the ground floor, has been rejected.
The former tyre-fitters on the corner of Wilsmlow Road and Grandale Street, where the scheme is proposed, is currently home to the Huqqa Lounge café. Manchester-based developer Views, which owns the site, put forward the scheme worth £11.5m which comprises six new ground floor commercial units, twelve one-bed, twenty-seven two bed and three three-bed flats.
But Manchester council officers refused planning permission for the scheme last week citing the lack of parking and increased traffic among their reasons. Views senior development manager Patrick Sheridan said the developer is 'disappointed' about the decision which it is currently considering appealing.
