Rochdale Council Rejects Apartment Plan for Funeral Home Site

0:00On April 7th, a plant had knocked down a long time funeral home on Manchester Road in Rochdale and replaced it with 28 new apartments just got shot down by council planners. The idea was for 12 one-bedroom flats and 16 two bedrooms, pitched as high quality living with a gym and shared spaces. They reworked the original three-story block into three smaller ones to address early-size worries, but it still didn't fly. Players called the design overly bulky and dominant next to local homes. Folks in the area raised flags about cramped rooms, failing national space rules, which aimed to keep new builds livable. Background checks showed the site had been a steady business spot for years, now stuck in planning limbo. Digging into the details, two one-beds clocked in at just 49 m² under the 50 m² minimum and bedrooms fell short. Two singles around 6.9 m² doubles 9.5 to 10.8. Beyond that, poor gaps to neighbors missing tree and wildlife info sealed the refusal.

1:03For now, that prime stretch of road stays unchanged, waiting on a better blueprint.