Refusing permission for homes on an empty industrial site near Rossendale’s Grane Road compared with approving new homes on a green field nearby shows contradictory thinking, a councillor has claimed.
The suggestion came at the latest Rossendale Council Development Control Committee meeting, when councillors followed planning officers’ advice to refuse permission for 104 new homes near Carrs Mill Industrial Estate, near Helmshore and Haslingden. Chorley-based applicant Blackmores D Ltd wanted permission to build the homes at Grane Road Mill, known locally as Birtwistle’s Mill, which is a southern section of the Carrs Mill Industrial Estate.
However, she said: “We would urge you not to refuse the principle of housing. We acknowledge the reasons being suggested for refusal but we can work with the local authority. Refusal would waste the work done so far. We’d have to go right back to the start.” Labour Coun Liz McInnes said: “The planning officer’s report mentions the option of a mixed-use site with business and residential properties. But it says the applicant did not take the opportunity to discuss this further. Is that correct?”
A written statement from Conservative Coun Caroline Snowden was read to the committee. She stated the proposals had existed for a significant length of time, which was plenty of time for issues to be discussed. If the Grane Road Mill site was developed, residents would overwhelmingly prefer a residential site, she stated.
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