Proposals to install new shop windows on a former pub have been thrown out by planning officers for having a “detrimental impact” on the local area.
Developers had already won the right earlier this year to convert the Owd Joss on Market Street, Hyde, into three shops and an office at ground level, with the former landlord’s flat upstairs set to become two apartments.
However, planners at Tameside Council (TMBC) refused to allow its new owners to replace its old vertical windows with horizontal ones.
Julian Jackson, TMBC’s director of place, said in his report: “The proposed alterations, in terms of their size, scale, and design, fail to respond appropriately to the established style, proportions, and character of the existing building.
“Given the site’s highly visible location along a key road frontage, these alterations would significantly undermine the architectural and aesthetic value of the application property in addition to having a detrimental impact on the visual amenity of the locality.”
The old pub, which served it last customers in March 2024, opened as the Cotton Tree almost 200 years ago, and has been known as the Beer Engine and Last Orders in recent years,
