A controversial bid to build hundreds of homes on a farmer’s field has sparked further dismay after trees and bushes cleared before planning permission was granted.
Homes England is working on plans for 600 properties at Wharford Farm near Norton in Runcorn, having already submitted a planning application for 250 homes on the neighbouring Sandymoor South plot of farmland. The plans are part of the ongoing expansion of Sandymoor and nearby Daresbury, which have provoked increasing pushback in the last two years as the scale of the building work and loss of greenery becomes more evident.
Homes England and Halton Borough Council said the clearance works are to allow a site inspection to inform designs of a new bridge to be submitted in the planning application, and said the works are taking place with permission.
