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Plans for 17-storey office tower on Deansgate rejected over its 'overbearing' impact on neighbours and heritage buildings
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxPlans to build a 17-storey office tower on Deansgate have been thrown out after councillors sided with residents of a neighbouring building who said it would block out their sunlight.The glass tower planned to replace Speakers House would also have an overbearing impact on neighbouring heritage buildings, according to Manchester’s planning committee.Members had been warned that their reasons for refusal were ‘weak’ and would not stand up to an appeal by property firm Kames, the owners of 39 Deansgate.Kames, which had bought the site for £11m in 2017, said Speakers House was in a poor state of repair despite being refurbished.But the majority of the committee, which had already voted against the scheme in December,.
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