CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a new 1,100 home housing estate in Westhoughton are urging the public to turn out in force to demonstrate their opposition to the scheme.

A second public meeting is being held by the Save Lee Hall Development Campaign on March 22.

As reported in the BEN, an application to build the estate on the last major area of green land in Westhoughton has sparked a storm of protest.

Opponents claim the development would put an extra 8,500 car journeys on the roads each day and put too much pressure on local services such as doctors, dentists and schools.

Campaigners have already distributed 5,000 leaflets to homes in Westhoughton and put up posters around the town outlining their objections.

At the meeting, copies of protest letters addressed to Bolton Council's planning chief Ray Jefferson will be handed out to residents who want to register their views.

On the same night as the campaign meeting at the Carnegie Hall at 8pm, Westhoughton town councillors will vote on whether they will hold a referendum into the plans.

The application to build the homes goes before Bolton's planning committee on April 22.

For more information, call Adalaida or Tom Howarth on 01942 790078 or Chris Watters on 01942 790945.

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