Plans for the controversial Godley Green garden village which would see more than 2,000 homes built in the countryside have been submitted.
Speaking at a meeting of Tameside’s full council on Wednesday night, council leader Brenda Warrington revealed the first step had been taken in turning the proposals from ‘ambition to reality’.
Coun Warrington said the proposed site would only cover 2.5pc of the borough’s green belt and half the site had been earmarked for ‘green infrastructure’.
If approved the huge development would generate £9m in income for the council, chiefs say. However a petition against the garden village plans has been so far signed by more than 4,200 people.
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