Plans for a huge 211-home new estate in Radcliffe have been published. The site, on York Street was historically a bleach works from 1889 to around 1970 and from then on the building was used for storage until it was demolished in 2015.
The 8.82 hectare brown field site is bounded to the north by commercial warehousing space used by Next, Safeway and DHL and accessed from Bury Road.
There is a large body of water within green space to the east, the River Irwell is to the west and existing houses to the south.
Documents published by Bury Council this week say developers Kellen Homes Limited, Seaham Estates and Cantt Pak Limited wish to build 211 homes with range of house types and various forms of occupancy including private ownership and rental.
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