Grade II listed Garrett Hall Farmhouse to make way for 42-home development in Tyldesley

A historic site is set to make way for a 42 house development despite concerns for Tyldesley’s heritage. Grade II Listed Garrett Hall Farmhouse will be upgraded into flats but its surrounding farm buildings will be demolished in the process - something one objector and councillors took issue with.

The application by Redrow Homes Lancashire and Peel L&P Developments Ltd has been opposed by Andy Brown, a Mosley Common resident, who believes that the site is of historic value and is of enough importance to input a turnstyle and have people pay to go and view it. He addressed the planning committee at Wigan Town Hall stating the historic value as well as the possible addition to congestion in the area.

“It is absolutely staggering that we would allow this when 950 houses are being built in the area and not all of them are being sold,” Mr Brown said. “The road infrastructure is creaking at the seams.

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“At Mosley Common Road, you will find it more difficult to get to work in a car through. I take the position that this would do severe harm to the highways network.” He explained that this proposed site is very close to another development at Mosley Common where 1,100 houses are proposed to be built - with the same road feeding them to the East Lancs. He mentioned that the site itself can be dated back to medieval times and boasts a wealth of history for the area.

Councillors at the planning committee were not previously aware of the history and the potential for archaeological finds at the site, and were hoping for reassurance that if such significant finds were detected, that work would be