COUNCILLORS are to visit two controversial housing sites again before deciding whether to give the planning go ahead.

They deferred applications for the Sweetloves Reservoir site at Astley Bridge and at Edge Farm, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton, yesterday.

An application has been put in jointly by developers Jones homes and Barratt for the detailed designs of 255 homes at Sweetloves Reservoir.

There was a public outcry when the outline application was first submitted to the council in 1993.

Bolton Council turned it down, but it was later allowed on appeal by the Department of the Environment.

Councillors also want another look at the Edges Farm site between Leigh Road and Woodward Road at Daisy Hill.

In October, councillors refused permission because they felt the roads could not cope with the extra traffic.

But developers Redrow Homes have now re-submitted two applications, one for 137 homes and the other for 46.

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