'The traffic is already horrendous, so it’s just going to make it a million times worse'

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Only the secretary of state stands in the way of 49 new homes being built on a split brownfield and greenbelt site in Norden.

The houses are to be built on the old Shepperd Mill and Tack Lea Works site and will be all classed as shared affordable housing.

Residents, business owners and workers in immediate proximity to the site off Greenbooth Road have given their thoughts. Hannah Larkin, 27, works at Charliequinns Doggie Den a dog day-care and grooming business that has been next to the brownfield site for six years and lives on Edenfield Road.

She said: “My first thought was traffic, because the traffic is already horrendous in Norden and Edenfield Road, so its probably just going to make the traffic a million times worse.” READ MORE: Car park ‘takeovers’ and blacked out limos: Northern Quarter fills up as Chanel show comes to town READ MORE: Murder investigation launched and two people arrested after man found dead in Salford house “Originally when we first saw the plans, we all panicked because it looked like it was on top of us- but it’s going to be literally right behind us.” Owner of Norden Carpets and Flooring, another business on Greenbooth Road, David Wilshaw, 58, reiterated the potential problems 49 new houses might bring.