Petitioners hoping to see a 1,100 home development kicked to the kerb have been rejected by Wigan Council. A petition, started by campaigner Andy Brown, against the Mosley Common ‘neighbourhood’ proposed by Peel L&P urged the council to rethink their housing strategy which currently has plans for homes to be built on green belt land.
The petition gained 3,124 valid signatures from the people of the borough who wanted to see an investigatation into whether there is a need to give up green belt land for more houses that are 'not needed' in their eyes. The total number of signatures exceeded 5,000, but those from Salfordians were not counted.
This meant that the petition concerning the site that sits on the border between Wigan and Salford did not have to be discussed at a full council meeting.
