'People would look out to the Quays but there would be a concrete block there instead'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNearly 100 people have objected to a proposed four-storey extension above a shisha lounge and office building in Salford. A planning application has been submitted to build two new floors of office space and two floors of apartments above the Anchorage House building at 252 the Quays, next to Erie Basin.
If approved it would bring the total number of storeys up to six. READ MORE: The Salford-born burger bar giving away 100 FREE burgers to mark new opening A shisha lounge is currently based on the ground floor of the existing site, with office space on the first floor.
The extension would 10 ten new homes created if approved, as well as a new garden roof. Under the new plans, the ground floor would become a café-lounge area.
But so far, 95 residents have objected to the plan. Objectors living in nearby buildings cited a loss of daylight as one of the main reasons for opposing the scheme.
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