Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A councillor sparked controversy after branding opponents of plans for a new school ‘NIMBYs’.
The ‘outrageous’ remark was made by Coun Faisal Rana at a meeting of Rochdale council’s planning committee, where full planning permission was granted for a 900-place secondary school in Middleton.
Dubbed the Edgar Wood Academy, it will be built on land off Heywood Old Road, between Birch and Bowlee. ‘Outline planning permission’ - which established the principle of developing the land and plans for a new access road - had already been approved by the committee in October.
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