Developer Peel will have 'a fight on their hands' in bid to build 450 homes on green belt

A senior Tory has vowed plans to build 450 homes on green belt will be met with huge opposition. Landowners, Peel, revealed the proposal yesterday for the 42-acre plot at Hazelhurst Farm, next to the East Lancashire Road at Worsley.

But veteran councillor, and former estate agent, Robin Garrido, predicted a battle against it will mirror one to stop the company's bid to build 600 homes on land in Broadoak, Worsley. That lasted seven years before coming to an end in 2020.

At Broadoak, Peel had envisioned a new neighbourhood of upmarket housing along with affordable properties it said would fill the need for, "aspirational" homes in the city. The meadow Peel wanted to build on is on part of the Worsley Greenway and spans an area between Monton Green and Worsley Road. The local backlash was fierce.

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The council refused the plan in 2013, but Peel appealed. Two public inquiries followed after which two Secretaries of State agreed with local residents and rejected it. Peel then took the case through the courts. It finally ended in 2020 when the Court of Appeal refused to give the plan the green light.

The victory was down to years of graft by locals and RAID (Residents Against Inappropriate Development), an umbrella organisation bringing together several local campaign groups. But Salford council also claimed it was their vision in creating the "Worsley Greenway" which had played a key part in giving the land some protection

Hazelhurst Farm is sandwiched between the busy dual carriageway and a slip road to the M61. Consultation on that proposal to create what Peel call "an inclusive and sustainable residential community in Worsley, Salford, with