Plans to build a block of flats behind a social club in South Manchester have been given the green light despite concerns it would cause parking 'chaos'.
The car park behind the Chorlton Irish Club was sold to housing association Southway last year with plans to build 29 affordable apartments on the site. The club has been closed since the first Covid lockdown, but the subsequent sale was supposed to help trustees clear historic debts, allowing it to reopen.
Residents raised concerns about the height of the new four-storey building on Cross Road – and some were still not satisfied even after it was redesigned. But councillors claimed it would create 'total chaos' when busy events are held at the social club once it reopens with a car park which is smaller than before.
