Our Mission
Our local Green Belt is under threat.
The Wigan Borough Local Plan proposes building across green spaces that are so important to our local community. The site which Wigan Council are calling “Bridgewater West” spans from the East Lancashire Road, Boothstown all the way down to the Bridgwater Canal and up to the Mining Museum in Astley.
They propose to build:
300 new “high value” houses and a 50,000 sqm business park
The scale of this site is huge. Not only would this destroy Green Belt Land – but add unacceptable pressure to our local amenities, such as schools, GPs and the already gridlocked roads.
There should be a ‘brownfield first’ development policy. This would rejuvenate unused land, provide the vital homes we need and leave our precious Green Belt intact.
Please sign the petition, respond to the public consultation and join our campaign to save our Green Belt, for our children and future generations to enjoy.