Campaigners who are opposed to a new multi-million pound industrial site in Ashton clinched victory after a planning committee rejected the application. Glenbrook, the applicant was denied approval for their 625,000 square foot industrial, storage and distribution space with offices by Wigan Council’s planning committee.
The proposed site is located in the land south east of South Lancashire Industrial Estate off Lockett Road, a section of green space residents say they use regularly. The loss of green space was one of the points the opposition group Keep Ashton Green put forward at the meeting.
Alan Hardy, representing Keep Ashton Green at the planning committee, said: “Regardless of how much mitigation there is and alterations of road junctions made, this development will increase traffic in Ashton.
