PLANNING bosses look set to reject plans for two new apartment blocks opposite Hall i' th' Wood railway station.

Developer Replyshort Limited want to create 21 homes and 27 car parking spaces at the site which is currently hidden from the road by two large advertising hoardings.

But Bolton Council's Highway Engineers are recommending that councillors on the planning committee turn down the application. They claim that traffic could not access Crompton Way safely from the site because of the high speeds of traffic that use the road.