Plans for ‘uncomfortably cramped’ flats for homeless people with ‘no room for a wardrobe or chest of drawers’ should be rejected, council officers have argued.
Councillors in Tameside are due to vote on an application to convert Enville House in Ashton-under-Lyne from ten bedsits into 12 one-bedroom studio flats.
The Victorian building would be used for social housing for people registered homeless or rough sleepers, which would be run by Ashton Pioneer Homes with the support of Stepping Stones Projects, according to the planning documents.
