To keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Controversial plans to build a new housing estate on a former chemical works site have been resurrected.
Vistry Partnerships have submitted proposals for 169 properties at the former Akzo Nobel factory, close to Hollingworth Lake, in Littleborough.
It comes after nearly 15 years of failed attempts to get the 20-acre plot cleaned up and transformed into a new residential development. READ MORE : Plans for regenerating area around Littleborough railway station have 'blighted' small businesses in the village, senior councillor claims The most recent scheme to fall by the wayside was brought forward by housebuilder Countryside.
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