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Members of Hulme campaign group Block the Block protested outside Manchester Civil Justice Centre on Monday ahead of their latest legal battle against the city council and proposals for a nine-storey student accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign – first launched in 2020 – aims to overturn a council decision to build student accommodation on an abandoned site once home to the Gamecock pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Block the Block protesters | Credit: Leslie Kerwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The community is just totally gone\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Campaigners from Block the Block say the development will drive up house prices and drive out residents, and that it represents the latest stage of developers \u2018encroaching\u2019 on the local community.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also warn of a harmful effect on the local environment and argue that the high costs of student accommodation across Manchester will mean students will be priced out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy, a campaigner for Block the Block, was hopeful for a community where younger and older people could live alongside each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cPeople think we\u2019re against students, but especially where we live \u2013 it\u2019s an over-55s block \u2013 you don\u2019t want to just see older people. [You want to see] a mix, a good mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m 70 now, and I\u2019ve lived in Hulme all my life. And the community is just totally gone. It\u2019s not just that the pubs have gone \u2013 people forget that years ago, the pubs were a meeting place where people could discuss things and whatever. A lot of people who live in flats now don\u2019t even know who their next-door neighbour is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Gamecock Pub site | Credit: Anna Klekot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Legal challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tower block was approved in early 2024, but developers had been lodging proposals for the site for over a decade earlier. In 2012, a planning committee \u2018minded to refuse\u2019 the original plans made by private developers, allowing them to come back with modified proposals until the plans were approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, Block the Block were granted permission for a High Court judicial review against the council, alleging that it did not follow its own policy and procedures when deciding to approve planning permission for the Gamecock site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their legal challenge<\/a>, Block the Block said the decision to allow planning pemission was based on wrong information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim, a campaigner for Save Ryebank Fields who came to support the protest, said: \u201cI think this [Judicial Review] will be good to knock the wind out of the city council. They don\u2019t follow procedures correctly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Block the Block protesters with signs | Credit: Leslie Kerwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A vision for the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Instead of student accommodation, Block the Block announced their own ideas<\/a> for the site, alongside the Greater Manchester Tenants\u2019 Union, architectural group Unit 38, as well as other Hulme residents who are not part of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plans<\/a> would see the Gamecock site converted into supported housing for people with disabilities and a community centre, complete with caf\u00e9, library and social space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their legal challenge, Block the Block said they were hopeful the decision to build student accommodation would be quashed, and that their campaign would draw attention to issues that may arise from planning decisions across Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NQ has approached Manchester City Council for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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