Decision to turn down student flats in Chester met with applause
Controversial plans to build a 350-bedroom student hall has been turned down.
People in the public gallery at council HQ in Chester applauded when the councillors threw out the plans – by eight votes to one – to build the large development on land behind Telford’s Warehouse, Raymond Street, in the Garden Quarter, despite council officers recommending approval.
A number of concerns were raised at the meeting by residents and councillors including the impact of the large development on the local community, potential parking issues and the loss of commercial land …