1,700-home Rivington Chase development. "My view is the same as when this was initially outlined some time ago," he explained."It's 150 houses that Horwich doesn't actually need.
We can see all these houses coming down the pipeline and it's way more than Horwich needs."Mr Harrison added: "This is a valuable green space in Horwich, it links the urban to the rural and it's designated as protected open land, so according to the council's rules there should only be development there as a last resort.
We're not even close to that."Get daily updates from Bolton direct to your email inbox with the free MyBolton newsletter.Click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyBolton News'.
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