Chorley greenbelt 'is one of the most threatened in the country'
Greenbelt boundaries can be amended only as part of the lengthy process of creating a local plan for a particular area - and where the evidence justifies the need to do so.- covering Chorley and its neighbours in Preston and South Ribble - suggested that it is for employment, rather than residential, use that Chorley might need to open up its greenbelt over the next 15 years. However, any such proposal would be subject to further public consultation.
Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley warned in the run-up to the local elections that greenbelt could yet be at risk for housing if the borough does not allocate a sufficient number of sites to meet what he says is the unreasonable number of new homes that it is expected to build under government-mandated targets.
A greenebelt site off Sandy Lane in Mawdesley, where permission for five detached houses was granted last year because of the plot's prevous industrial use
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