The next phase of a controversial development is being prepared to be submitted to the council. Leaflets regarding phase three of the Bowlands Hey development in Westhoughton are currently being posted to residents so developers Bellway Homes can get feedback before submitting a formal planning application. The first phase, for 129 homes, was approved in 2017 after the government overruled the council’s decision to block the plans. The second phase, for a further167 houses, was approved by the Planning Inspectorate. This third phase could potentially add 300 homes to the site, extending to the boundary with the railway line. Westhoughton South councillor, David Wilkinson, said: “We knew there was an application coming as there’s been workers on the site for a while.
Dan Whelan
Finalising the GMSF, launching a retrofitting revolution and creating a development corporation to drive Middleton’s regeneration are high on the newly re-elected Greater Manchester Mayor’s to-do list.
In one of his first interviews since securing a second term in office in last Thursday’s mayoral election, Andy Burnham told
Place North West that Whitehall needs to collaborate more productively with Greater Manchester if Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to deliver on his election promise to ‘level up’ the regions.
“We are 18 months into this Parliament. I would imagine the Government wants some hard evidence of levelling up [success] by the time the next election comes round,” he said.
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Neil Tague
The housebuilder has set out plans for 50 homes south of Denbigh Drive in Crompton, within a borough that it said is delivering only 80% of its housing target.
Miller Homes plans to deliver three- and four-bedroom housing on a 7.9-acre agricultural plot, insert a new access point off Denbigh Drive, and add landscaping across the scheme.
The site, which sits to the south of the High Crompton housing area, is identified as “Other Open Protected Land” in Oldham’s adopted development plan: however, it also sits within the Cowlishaw draft housing allocation area included in the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, this zone being proposed as capable of delivering 460 dwellings.