Controversial plans for homes on former Green Belt land set for go-ahead
08.06.2024 - 15:27
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Controversial plans for a 99-home development on land in Wigan which is no longer designated as Green Belt look set to be approved. The Bellway Homes development is earmarked for eight acres of land at Silk Street in the Mosley Common area of Tyldesley.
Councillors on Wigan’s planning committee will be advised by officers to approve the scheme when they meet on Tuesday (June 11). Some 109 households have objected to the plans, which have been submitted after the Mosley Common land had its Green Belt designation removed in the Greater Manchester strategic planning document for the next 17 years - Places for Everyone (PfE).
Approval of the scheme will be conditional on nearly £800,000 of contributions from the developer - known as a Section 106 agreement. St John’s Mosley Common Primary School will get £250,000 to cope with extra pupils; £260,663 will go towards secondary education; £82,437 will help towards road infrastructure upgrades in the area; £100,000 will be for the guided busway network; there will be a £96,400 ‘green’ contribution; and £2,500 for travel plan monitoring - relating to how children get to and from school. Play spaces will also be enhanced on an adjacent site.
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In line with Wigan council’s planning policy, 25 of the homes will be affordable, comprising 16 two-bed and nine three-bed properties, split between semi-detached houses and terraced/mews properties. A report to the committee says that the principle of residential development is now accepted following the decision to remove the site’s Green Belt designation in the PfE.
However, plans must comply with Mosley Common Masterplan, drawn up in 2022 which
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