A new 88-home estate could be built on football pitches in Breightmet. The estate would build over the current home of Bolton Wyresdale AFC off Inverbeg Drive.
Plans submitted to Bolton Council this week by Westchurch Homes Ltd would develop five acres of playing fields and football pitches at the site.
A design and access statement from Westchurch, in support of the plans, said: "The application site is located within the settlement of Breightmet comprising a generally flat and rectangular in shape parcel of land extending 5.09 acres to the south of Inverbeg Drive. "The site is the current premises of amateur football team Wyresdale AFC. "The site consists a disused building and hardstanding used for parking to the north of the site, while
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