Joy as housing plans for green belt withdrawn after furious opposition
manchestereveningnews.co.ukControversial housing plans for green belt land in Tameside which prompted a huge outcry from residents have been withdrawn.
There had been 834 objections lodged over the proposals to build 91 homes on countryside land off Matley Lane in Hyde, compared to just five supporting comments.
The planning statement submitted with the scheme had acknowledged the site is ‘located wholly within the green belt’ and would need very special circumstances to gain planning permission.
However the applicant, Metacre Limited, stated it would meet an ‘acute local housing need’ and deliver ecological benefits. But the company has now withdrawn the application from consideration by the local authority. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features United Utilities, a statutory consultee, had said it would formally object to the plans until the impact on a water main on the site was understood and agreed.
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