Concerns over a housing development blighted by Japanese Knotweed were quelled as the 29 home proposal for Abram was approved. The Ashtons Tenement Farm site on Bickershaw Lane already has 13 houses built on it but the developer wanted to add 16 more, Wigan Town Hall heard on October 11.
The busy road that connects Leigh, Wigan and Golborne already has traffic problems during rush hour but, despite residents raising objections that the addition of these houses would amplify them, the highways team did not believe it would be an issue. Tenement Farm Homes - who said this was an ‘opportunity to provide much needed high-quality dwellings with private gardens and off-street parking' - will not make any of these homes affordable due to it not being financially viable.
Despite there being 11 public objections relating to parking and bin collection issues, Japanese Knotweed was the main topic of discussion at Wigan Council's Planning Committee meeting - with Coun Kathleen Houlton wanting assurances it will all be eradicated.
