A councillor is to act as "peacemaker" in a row between residents over a neighbour's scheme to convert a large detached house into five apartments. The plan to turn the house at the end of cul-de-sac on Marston Road in the Broughton Park area of Salford has been given the go-ahead by councillors on the city's planning and transportation regulatory panel.
They approved it in the face of objections from 14 objections from neighbouring residents, although a further 12 submitted supporting letters. Shimen Lebrecht, who runs a company called Nailsbourne Ltd, based in Tully Street, Salford, is the applicant and is a neighbour of the objectors.
Three residents turned up at the panel meeting to voice their concerns but did not want to be named when approached by the Local Democracy Reporting Service. They said the proposal would result in "intensification of use" not in keeping with the type of housing in the area - predominantly detached and semi-detached.
