All the key developments submitted to Greater Manchester councils this week

A number of plans have been submitted to councils recently with Gaelic football pitches, a synagogue expansion, medical facility and a new petrol station all featuring.

A synagogue in Bury is looking to take over the four-storey house next door whilst over in south Manchester there are two new Gaelic Football and Hurling pitches planned to expand the Irish game in the area. Over in Denton, a new medical centre has been lined up for a retail park and Rochdale may soon welcome two new drive-thru restaurants and petrol station off Sir Isaac Newton Way.

In central Manchester though, plans for a controversial new office block in New Islington Green have been updated.

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Here is a breakdown of each borough’s submitted planning applications this week

Plans to convert former Bolton town centre pub into 13-bed shared house with rooftop garden

A former Bolton town centre pub could be transformed into a shared house for 13 people complete with a rooftop garden.

The Star and Garter building, on Bow Street is the subject of a planning application for a change of use from a pub to a house of multiple occupation (HMO) with 13 bedrooms and communal spaces.

The planning application read: “The proposals would bring this vacant building back into a suitable use, which would significantly improve the character and appearance of the immediate and wider area.”

Historic cricket pavilion could become community function room as 170-year-old sports club plans major refurbishment

A historic cricket pavilion is set to be transformed into a community function room as part of a range of improvements at a 170-year-old sports club.

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