Controversial plans for a new student block in Manchester have been scaled down following objections from campaigners.
The 13-storey student tower that was set to be built on the site of the old Gamecock pub in Hulme was rejected by the planning committee in May. The developer has now offered to remove three storeys from the proposed block, reducing the number of students it would accommodate to under 200.
But campaigners are opposed to any more student flats being built in the area and are now working with architects to come up with an alternative proposal. Protest group Block the Block has delivered 1,000 letters to neighbours of the Boundary Lane site about the latest proposal as they remobilise the campaign.
