They said: “Dandara Living undertook extensive public consultation with the local community including two public exhibitions.
The company which owns the site said it is working closely with Dandara and is now awaiting the outcome of the appeal.Ī spokesperson from Dandara Living said it hopes the appeal will lead to a ‘more balanced planning assessment’. “We’d be happy to explore alternative uses for this car park with Tesco which would meet the needs of the area and be acceptable to the local community but, unfortunately, they have been unwilling to engage with the council on this.” He said: “We are disappointed that Dandara has chosen this course of action instead of listening to the concerns of local residents and trying to work with the community to address them. Councillors also agreed that the applicant had failed to demonstrate that the development would not have an unacceptable impact on traffic in the area.ĭidsbury East councillor James Wilson said he is ‘disappointed’ that the developer is now appealing this decision. The planning committee accepted the recommendation of town hall officers to reject the application on the grounds that the high-density development does not meet local housing needs and it does not have enough parking on the site. It comes after residents raised concerns about the traffic it would add to the roads around it which are already ‘busy’ and argued that the number of parking spaces – less than half the number of flats – would not be enough.
Last summer, councillors on the planning committee voted against the scheme. The scale of this is wholly inappropriate.” “It’s not residents just saying we don’t want development there. A spokesperson for East Didsbury Community Group said: “There’s cross-party agreement that it’s the wrong development in the wrong place. Members of the group which ran the ‘East Didsbury Not Lovin’ It’ campaign have come together again to oppose the latest proposal to develop part of the car park. It comes five years after plans to build a Mcdonald’s drive-thru restaurant on the site were thrown out following a campaign by local residents and councillors. More than 200 residents wrote to the local authority raising concerns about the traffic and parking problems that the build-to-rent scheme would cause.ĭeveloper Dandara scaled down the scheme following feedback at a public consultation by removing one storey and 20 apartments – but it would still be taller than the historic clock tower just metres away from the development. It comes after Manchester council’s planning committee voted against the development at the bottom of the Tesco car park off Parrs Wood Lane.
The Didsbury development dubbed Blackbird Yard will now be revisited at an inquiry with a government-appointed inspector set to make the final decision.
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