A planning proposal for three new homes to be built on a pub car park has sparked outrage in a community plagued by more than two decades of parking “bedlam”.
Permission was granted for the new three-bed flats to take up 15 car parking spaces outside The Grapes in Lees, Oldham. Bar chain and developers Punch Tavern argue that the homes would only displace a small number of cars from the private car park.
But fuming residents say the project would worsen a “diabolical” congestion issue on the adjacent Medlock Way, which campaigners have been trying to address for 25 years. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. Cllr Helen Bishop, who spoke as a resident of the area, said: “Traffic congestion and parking conditions are already at critical levels in the area. “Passing this will be a smack in the face for those who have been campaigning for years for action to be taken to make the roads around Medlock Way safer.” The cul-de-sac is home to two primary schools with around 600 pupils, two nursing homes and at least three businesses.
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