Bolton Cabinet Weighs 6,000-Job Wingates Plan After 8-Week Consultation

1 articles · Updated · The Bolton News · Jun 7

Bolton Council’s cabinet meets June 8 to decide whether to adopt or defer a supplementary planning document for the West of Wingates industrial scheme.
The decision follows an eight-week consultation that ran from Nov. 27 to Jan. 22, drawing 62 questionnaire responses, 10 detailed industry submissions and nearly 60 attendees at a Westhoughton drop-in event.
Residents living closest to the site raised concerns over transport, amenity, building height and how the development would border existing homes, issues echoed in consultation responses.
Harworth and the council envision the four-phase scheme as an exemplar employment destination, starting with up to 73,750 sq m of floorspace and ultimately reaching about 440,000 sq m and 6,000 jobs.

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Is the promise of 6,000 jobs worth the environmental and community cost for West of Wingates?

With a key deadline imminent, will Bolton sacrifice resident concerns for its 6,000-job industrial plan?

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