Controversial plans for new housing estate on former chemical works backed for approval - despite more than 100 objections
Controversial plans to build a new housing estate on a former chemical works have been backed for approval by council bosses - despite more than 100 public objections. Proposals for the 127-home development at the old Akzo Nobel site, near Hollingworth Lake, in Littleborough, will go before Rochdale council’s planning committee on Thursday night.


