{"id":30664,"date":"2021-07-23T17:33:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T16:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30664"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:25:08","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-manchester-council-threatened-with-legal-challenge-over-support-for-skyscraper-before-consultation-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30664","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Manchester council threatened with legal challenge over &#8216;support&#8217; for skyscraper &#8211; before consultation ended"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A report by planning officers supporting the scheme was published before the public consultation had finished, reports the <em>Manchester Evening News.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026would become one of the tallest buildings in Manchester\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Manchester Evening News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Manchester council has been threatened with legal action after a report supporting the building of a controversial skyscraper was published before a consultation on the plans had ended.<\/p>\n<p>A decision on the city centre development proposed by GMS Parking Limited has been twice deferred by the planning committee amid backlash from residents and councillors.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a3130m scheme, dubbed a \u2018tombstone\u2019 by critics, would see a multi-storey car park on Great Marlborough Street near demolished and partly rebuilt beneath the 55-storey tower.<\/p>\n<p>More than 850 student flats are proposed in what would become one of the tallest buildings in Manchester, dwarfing the neighbouring 37-storey Liberty Heights and 32-storey UNITE blocks nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The planning application has been subject to several objections from the Macintosh Village residential community, and the company (MVMC) which manages it, on the other side of Great Marlborough Street.<\/p>\n<p>In January the planning committee delayed making a decision on the development in order to visit the site to get a better idea of its potential impact on the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>A second deferment was requested by GMS in February to allow the developer to iron out technical issues with its application.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent consultation on the proposals ended on June 24, with a letter to residents stating that \u2018all replies are carefully considered before any decision is made\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/manchester-council-threatened-legal-challenge-20922026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report by planning officers supporting the scheme was published before the public consultation had finished, reports the Manchester Evening News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38167,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30664\/revisions\/38167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}