Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) is facing a judicial review over its decision to approve a former pallet works as the site for a new school.
The Save Diggle Action Group (SDAG) has applied for the judicial review as spokesman Keith Lucas told a local newspaper: ‘It’s a final chance to prevent the Diggle valley being bulldozed and levelled and the prospect of a car park, weld-mesh fences, astro-turf and floodlights on our greenbelt, ruining forever this popular canal-side setting and tourist destination.’
A further dispute concerns the status of some of the site’s former industrial buildings as SDAG cited a letter from Historic England stating: ‘The site contains the majority of what was once the Dobcross Loom Works. On the basis of the information provided, many of the structures on site appear to date back to the 19th and earlier half of the 20th century, lending context and understanding to the Grade II listed Dobcross Works office building.’
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