Decision delayed over 4,000 student homes

THE decision over two huge developments that would see thousands of new student homes brought to Manchester has been pushed back.

- GEORGE LYTHGOE

Three planning applications, two of which were joint application, included adding over 4,000 student homes to the borough.

This would have involved the redevelopment of Upper Brook Street in Manchester and the overhaul of the Fallowfield Campus at the University of Manchester.

The plans for Upper Brook Street would include thousands of new student homes to fund a new science building for the university.

Similar arguments of overpopulation in a student area as well as air pollution due to construction work were common points put forward by angry objectors from both Brunswick and Fallowfield. Both sections of objectors attended the latest planning committee meeting at Manchester town hall in force to make their voices heard.

Committee members decided that on both Upper Brook Street and Fallowfield Campus applications, a site visit was necessary before they could make a decision. This means that both proposals were deferred until a later date for a decision.