Plans for nearly 300 new homes across two sites in a Greater Manchester village have been tabled by developers. The largest of the two Littleborough schemes is Taylor Wimpey’s controversial proposal to build 199 houses on fields to the west of Smithy Bridge Road.
The property firm says it wants to create a ‘high-quality residential neighbourhood’ at the site, which is included as ‘Roch Valley’ in the region’s contentious ‘Places for Everyone’ housing plan.While the 35-acre plot does not lie within the green belt, it is classed as ‘protected open land’ by the council.
A previous application met with more than 600 objections, leading the housebuilder to consult residents on an ‘updated’ set of proposals earlier in the year. Locals were promised ‘high-quality homes’ and a number of associated benefits.
