Allotment Plots Earmarked for Housing

A proposal to build a Wigan housing development on land used as allotments is being considered by town hall planning officers.

The proposed site for the six new properties is off Warrington Road between Abram and Platt Bridge, and is expected to face opposition from residents.

In recent years self-styed "allotmenteers" have lobbied the council to refuse applications that restrict allotment land, describing it as a "precious and fragile resource."

However, this current bid is said to be in line with the adopted local plan for the area. Planning documents read:

"The application site is not used as residential gardens, though some adjacent plots appear to be used as allotments and/or garden spaces.

"In summary, this development proposal provides an opportunity to re-use a piece of brownfield land to provide infill housing in a residential area similar to… approved schemes within the Wigan borough."

Last year Wigan Council revealed that it was in the process of identifying dozens of patches of land on which to build an extra 13,500 homes over the next decade.

David Molyneux, deputy leader of the council, said:

"The fact is that we have to permit the building of a large number of houses over the next decade and we have to secure land for employment development. We have a statutory duty to provide this."

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