Decision on 205 new homes for Horwich Loco site set to be made this week

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Plans for 205 new homes and the partial construction of a new spine road through the former Horwich Loco works site are set to be decided on this week.

Bolton Council’s planning committee are set to debate Bellway Homes proposals for a key phase of the Rivington Chase development at a special meeting on Wednesday, October 27.

The council’s own drainage department have objected to the plans saying drainage would be delivered independently from the wider development, rather than from a site wide scheme envisaged when outline planning approval was granted.

However, developers Bellway say ‘time constraints’ with the project mean using an existing central culvert – which currently receives water from the legacy Loco Works – will provide adequate