Plans to build a housing estate in the middle of an industrial area in Netherton have been refused amid fears residents would “need gas masks.”
The plans, for 64 affordable homes at a site next to railway tracks off Heysham Road by a social housing provider were up for discussion at a meeting of Sefton Council’s planning committee, held at Bootle Town Hall last night.
In a planning officer’s report produced ahead of the meeting, it was noted that there were concerns over noise levels, land contamination and pedestrian access.
