122 new homes to be built after two apartment blocks are given the go ahead
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPlans to build 122 new apartments in two housing developments in Stockport have been approved. The council's planning committee granted permission for the conversion of Lambert House, an office block in Cheadle, into 98 apartments.
Additionally, a former kitchen and heating warehouse on Higher Hillgate, near Stockport town centre, will be transformed into 24 affordable apartments.
The Lambert House development providing zero affordable homes. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Coun Rachel Wise expressed her ‘disappointment’ at the Empire Property Concepts' decision not to include affordable housing at the meeting at Stockport Town Hall.
She said: “It is incredibly disappointing that of 98 apartments, they are proposing to include zero affordable housing. It would be really easy for elderly people to walk to the shops to get a coffee. “It would be a lovely place to live.
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