Residents have turned out in force to register their opposition to controversial plans to build 450 homes on one of the last remaining parcels of farmland in Salford. This was after property giant Peel put its £54m plan for the new estate at Hazelhurst Farm, next to the East Lancashire Road at Worsley, on display.
Scores of locals visited Brackley Conservative Club, right next to the green belt site, last week and were unequivocal in their opposition to the scheme. The 42-acre plot is sandwiched between the busy A580 and the slip road to the M61, and objectors say the "already congested roads" in the area would be even more overburdened.
They also say there would be even more pressure on services like doctors' surgeries and schools, which they say are already bursting at the seams. Peel and its building subsidiary Northstone's scheme has been submitted as part of Greater Manchester's Places for Everyone (PfE) plan, currently being considered by the Secretary of State for Housing, Levelling Up and Communities.
