A second application to build a retirement living complex on the footprint of another historic Altrincham pub has been refused again. Trafford council's planners have turned down the application to put 59 apartments and nine cottages for retirees where the Hare and Hounds Hotel now stands on Wood Lane, Timperley.
As reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, a similar application for the nearby Pelican Inn on Manchester Road has also been rejected on appeal by a planning inspector. Both the Pelican Inn and the Hare and Hounds are 'non-designated heritage assets' (NDHAs) in the eyes of Trafford council.
The Hare and Hounds decision read: "The proposed development would lead to the total loss of an NDHA which would have an adverse and irreversible impact on its significance. On balance, the benefits of the scheme would not outweigh the severe harm that would be caused to this NDHA."
