Councillors also fear it 'would overshadow Victoria Baths'
There are fears a redeveloped student block will mean Muslim neighbours ‘might have to wear their hijabs in their kitchens’.
But those plans hit the buffers on Thursday because of fears on how the new student housing would affect its neighbours.“ female Muslim neighbours might have to wear their hijabs in their kitchens because it directly backs on to us,” said local resident Paul, speaking at the council’s planning committee.Planners countered by saying the tallest blocks will be roughly 40 metres away from the back gardens of Upper West Grove, the nearest terraced homes to the block.
The grade-II listed baths hosted Chanel’s 2023 Metiers d’Art afterparty and exhibition when the fashion house rolled into Manchester last December. “I fear this gem could be less attractive if it’s embedded in this way,” said Coun Jill Lovecy at the same meeting. “It does feel like it would overshadow Victoria Baths,” added Coun Suzanne Richards.
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