'My family has farmed this land for 300 years, now we're about to be homeless'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA couple are say they are on the verge of eviction from their 500-year-old Bolton farmhouse despite a councillor’s last-ditch bid to broker a deal with town hall bosses to allow them to stay.
David and Karen Yates are effectively squatting at Earls Farm at Stitch Mi Lane in the Harwood area of the town after being issued with a notice to quit on December 31 and must leave the property by February 24.
Although no planning application has yet been submitted, the 12.5 acres of land around the farmhouse where generations of David’s family have farmed for 300 years has been earmarked for housing development.
The couple run a cattery with capacity for 84 animals and a manufacturing hub for making barley straw which kills green algae in addition to Karen’s beauty and nail treatment business.
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