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400-home estate on brownfield site would mean moving an entire cricket club

Developer Morris Homes, Homes England and Bury Council have a joint planning application

The planned layout at the Radcliffe site showing the new cricket club (bottom right)

The final planning obstacle for the development of 400 homes on Bury's largest brownfield site is expected to be overcome next week. The joint planning application from Morris Homes Limited, Homes England and Bury Council covers the former East Lancs Paper Mill and Tower Farm in Radcliffe.

This expansive 23-hectare site includes Church Street East, Cross Lane, Cock Clod Street and Brook Street. The plans also involve the relocation of Radcliffe Cricket Club, whose pitch is currently situated in the centre of the site, accessed from Croft Lane.

With outline permission for the project already granted, the planning committee will next week focus on more detailed plans. They are set to decide on consent for the appearance, layout, scale and landscaping of the project.

The 400 homes are planned to be a mix of maisonettes, semi-detached, detached and apartments. The developers have stated that 100 of the homes will be 'affordable units' and 151 would be three-bedroom houses.

The plans include the layout of roads, parking areas, footpaths and public open space and the relocation of the cricket pitch, including the pavilion and all associated fixtures. Seven objections have been received about the plans, including concerns that the proposed properties would 'back onto existing dwellings and block light, overlook and be overbearing', reports .

Despite concerns about tree removal and increased traffic 'causing chaos to the local road network, which is already congested', a planning report recommends approval of the scheme. The proposed new cricket club would be constructed on green belt land south of Tower Street, with a single-storey pavilion.

Mark Robinson, club secretary, expressed positivity about the move in a letter included in the previously approved plans, saying: "Overall the club are positive about the proposed move and believe that it will create an excellent community facility in this area.

Artist impressions of homes at the East Lancs paper mill site which will overlook the River Irwell

"We have been regularly consulted about the new location for the cricket club, the site masterplan and the design of the club house. The site masterplan provides an appropriate new facility that satisfies our vision for the club."