Objectors told decision over access point to 170 homes is already made
Phase two of a 830-home development in Atherton has been given the go-ahead despite objections from 100 residents and independent councillors who have warned the estate’s only access road would become ‘gridlocked’. Wigan ’s planning committee has approved the ‘reserved matters’ application for the 170 homes on land east of Leigh Road and south-west of Bee Fold Lane and west of Millers Lane.
Objectors argue that even now Crab Tree Lane which leads from the site to a roundabout already gets choked up with traffic. Independent Network Coun Stuart Gerrard, who represents Atherton North, was voted down in his attempt to get colleagues to visit the site to see the issues for themselves.He told colleagues: “I’m beginning to wonder why we sit here on this committee. I’m fed up of being told we can’t look at this and we can’t look at that. It makes me wonder why we come here sometimes.
However, Coun Susan Green smith said members of the committee ‘do fight the residents’. “But we can only vote on the application that is before us today,” she said. “I can’t see a problem with what we are voting on. It’s already been decided that will lead to the site.”
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