Controversial Runcorn housing plans face public inquiry test
A public inquiry is set to be launched into plans for a controversial housing development in Runcorn. Proposals by Gleeson Homes to build 139 properties on the site of the Pavilions sports and social club on Sandy Lane were given the green light by council planning chiefs last October. The scheme had met fierce opposition from neighbours when they were first put forward in 2017, due to the loss of playing fields and the proximity of the Viridor energy-from-waste plant. It was a different industrial plant, an Inovyn Chlorvinyls site dealing with hazardous chemicals, that caused the Hea...