Wigan, Peel refresh 2,000-home Hindley scheme after six-year lull
A 275-acre development south of the town that has been on the backburner since 2018 has been given a new lease of life.
Wigan Council and Peel have launched a consultation on an updated vision for the Hindley project, which proposes the creation of 2,000 homes.
An outline application for an earlier iteration of the scheme was submitted in 2018 but was never determined.
The 2018 vision was for 2,000 homes and 30-acres of employment development, as well as sports pitches, a primary school, and a local centre.
Working with Avison Young and OPEN, the council and the developer are preparing to submit a fresh application for the site, which is allocated for redevelopment in the council’s unitary development plan.
Details of how the scheme differed from the earlier proposals are lacking but the applicants claim the fresh plans amount to a “significant” improvement on the original plan.
It is understood that, in order for the site to be unlocked, a new M61 link road would be required.
WSP, BWB Consulting, Tyler Grange, Ekosgen, and Cotswold Archaeology are advising on the scheme.
Absolutley crazy, it`s bad enough now with traffic bottlenecks on every road around Hindley & Hindley Green and surrounding areas.
By Bernard Rooney
An opportunity to create an extension to the busway along the old railway alignment has been missed here, and will be lost forever by the design of this proposal.
Whilst welcome to see a small bus priority element, it is unclear how a bus would route through this development
By Prescotian
Hindley is to busy as it is I’ve lived here all my 52 years of age and it’s getting worse the roads are to much congested as it is
By Sands
I dont want anymore houses here, I recognise we need more houses and theres a housing crisis but not here not near me! – every nimby ever
By Mr Nimby
2000 homes means a minimum of 2000 cars the already congested roads on Atherton road/Liverpool road/ market street/ and Wigan road even with the bypass road there will be chaos
By Bp
Urgh, more cookie cutter dreck. Depressing.
By Alibob Nutcher
Total madness the traffic at both ends on Liverpool Road and Leigh Road is already horrendous. The area is wet and building there will merely move the water further on. On top of that it’s an area rich in wildlife from Brown Hares and Roe Deer, to red lust birds like grasshopper warblers and linnets, not to mention buzzards, sparrowhawks and even short eared owls have been seen in the area. Just leave it be for people to enjoy.
By RN
All for more houses in the area but it needs to be met with a link road that has been promised since WWII. I’ve never experienced anywhere around Manchester with congestion and infrastructure as stretched as around Hindley/ Hindley Green into Wigan and Bolton.
By Stephen
Hindley already has intolerable traffic congestion so to add another 2000 cars per day to the current situation is ridiculous. The proposed new road needs to continue through past Liverpool Road to Wigan and the M6 bypassing Hindley centre.
By Anonymous
I work on building sites the opportunity to work so close would be great but no way can Wigan have many more homes! The roads are a nightmare already with this being the case would people want to buy a home knowing every time they leave for work there going to sit in traffic taking usually 30 -40 minutes to get out of Wigan
By J YATES
Never heard of anything as crazy ,traffics horrendous already , not mentioning the disruption of wildlife ect , leave the fields alone ,we don’t want your concrete jungle ,flash your cash somewhere else please ,and leave the fields alone
By Anonymous
Absolutely crazy as if the traffic isn’t bad enough, let alone the disruption of wildlife ,leave the fields alone ,we don’t want your concrete jungle ,flash your cash elsewhere and leave be
By Anonymous
about time a new link road was built as hindley gridlock capital.
By Anonymous
Very entertaing read these comments! What I do agree with though is maybe it is time to consider standalone investment for the entire link road to be completed before proceeding with any building work itself. That way, the machinery is not adding to the traffic problems of the rest of the existing roads and would increase buyer insentive. In recent years, new build residents complaing about the associated road no being completed or fully asphalted had been a bad trend. Take the Tulach project at Pemberton for example. The link road associated with that, Queens Way or the Pemberton Link Road, was promised to be completed BEFORE the estate itself. It is yet to link up to Bilinge Road. Please consider, like initialy in 2014, to complete the ENTIRE link road, from junction to junction, not leaving out the all important Ince Link, as ‘a matter of priority’ to address the serious issues regarding traffic and buying appeal.
By The facepalmguy
People who moan about traffic are always some of the most boring people you could ever meet. I suppose with all the time they spend in their little cars they don’t have much time left over to build up an actual personality?
By Anonymous
Well anonymous 1.01pm that could be one narrative..at least it’s the one rattling around in your head. Another could be these are the people who actually live here and are impacted by the loss of green space and additional traffic and actually care about the place. Not everything has to be a strop if you don’t agree with something.
By Anonymous