The decision on a new nine-home development labelled ‘intrusive on neighbours privacy’ has been deferred by Rochdale Council’s Planning Committee. The fact this hadn’t gone to the Pennine Planning Panel before this and the confusion over specific details meant councillors were uncomfortable approving it, the meeting at Number One Riverside heard on October 20.
The site, just off Chestnut Way in Littleborough within an active residential area, was subject to ridicule from a number of neighbours - with 29 letters of objection being submitted in total. This covered concerns around flooding, minimal separation between houses, traffic increases and fears they would overlook neighbouring houses.
One house in particular - plot 6 - was claimed to be built over a land drain, fuelling distress over drainage and flooding issues.
