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Plans have been submitted for a huge residential scheme on land close to the M61. Peel Land plan to develop what they have named Lee Hall in Westhoughton, following public consultation in October.

The plans include a new Park Avenue link road to ease congestion at Chequerbent roundabout, 1,450 homes, employment space and a 15- acre park. Peel said the Lee Hall development is one of the first proposals to form part of the Northfold growth initiative across Bolton and Wigan . It said the family and affordable homes will help address the ‘longstanding shortfall of new homes in Bolton’.

New workspaces will be built on land between the M61 and Westhoughton. The developer said if the project was approved it will create 480 new permanent jobs on-site and many more during the

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