A senior Tory has vowed plans to build 450 homes on green belt will be met with huge opposition. Landowners, Peel, revealed the proposal yesterday for the 42-acre plot at Hazelhurst Farm, next to the East Lancashire Road at Worsley.
But veteran councillor, and former estate agent, Robin Garrido, predicted a battle against it will mirror one to stop the company's bid to build 600 homes on land in Broadoak, Worsley. That lasted seven years before coming to an end in 2020.
At Broadoak, Peel had envisioned a new neighbourhood of upmarket housing along with affordable properties it said would fill the need for, "aspirational" homes in the city. The meadow Peel wanted to build on is on part of the Worsley Greenway and spans an area between Monton Green and Worsley Road. The local backlash was fierce.
