Controversial plans for dozens of new homes on protected land will be decided upon next week. Developer Russell Homes wants to build 61 properties at Stubley Meadows - a nine acre site to the west of New Street, in Littleborough, Rochdale.
The proposal is heavily weighted towards large family housing, with 54 of the homes boasting three or four bedrooms - including seven of the nine affordable properties featured within the scheme. It is completed by two bespoke homes for the care of vulnerable children, which would be operated by Rochdale council.
The scheme has been mired in controversy since last September, when council bosses backed the 'principle' of selling fields to a developer - despite previously turning down interest from a local resident. Some 566 objections have been received since the planning application was lodged.
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