Plans for student flats in Manchester have been rejected again despite the developer scaling back the scheme which has led to several local protests. The student accommodation proposed at the former Gamecock pub site in Hulme has been knocked back by the planning committee for a second time.
It comes after developer Curlew cut the height of the proposed block to 11 storeys and brought the number of students it would house to below 200. However, members of campaign group Block the Block say this is still too tall.
Sally Casey, who has lived in Hulme since 1969, spoke on behalf of residents from the Aquarius estate at the planning meeting on Thursday (October 20). She described the development, which would be taller than neighbouring residential buildings Cooper House and Hopton Court, as 'overdominant'.
