One of the councillors who opposed the ‘cruise liner’ warehouses overshadowing hundreds of homes in Tyldesley has called for a ‘robust change’ to the planning system following the outrage of local residents.

Independent Coun James Fish was standing on the Henfold Estate in front of one of partially built warehouses called for the Government and local council officials to ‘start getting into the real world’ when it comes to deciding whether planning applications should be approved or not.

A major gripe of the residents, as well as Coun Fish and his colleague Coun Stuart Gerrard, is that the effect a development has on the value of property nearby is not considered relevant in planning law.

He said: “If committees and officers are being told not to consider the potential of households los

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