Plans to turn an old library into a 48-bed development compared to ‘an open prison’ have been scrapped following dozens of objections.
The proposal for the House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) was submitted by 3D Artz Ltd last year for the site of Atherton Library, on York Street, which has been ‘abandoned’ and unused since 2018 when the library service was relocated to Atherton Town Hall.
The developers bought the 118-year-old building after it was put up for sale in 2021 and submitted plans to turn it into the huge HMO, which would have seen the rooms housed within two blocks.
