Sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter to get the top stories direct to your inbox Alarmed residents in a leafy Bolton suburb have submitted applications to create two protected village greens to block a £7 million new school and at least two luxury houses.
People in Smithills have kicked off about a proposal to build a new school on Church Road playing field - used by a junior football club -adjacent to Moss Bank Way and Captains Clough Road.
Simultaneously, families in Limefield Road, less than a mile away, are worried about the auctioning off of a green oasis of land where children play and community events are held, which could end up being developed into two luxury homes. READ MORE:Car crashes, flips over - and driver flees scene to
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