A developer has launched a consultation about its plans to build a 270-home estate on green land on the outskirts of Bury.

Housebuilder Wain Estates has created a website with details of their plans for "Scobell Street" in the village of Walshaw, north of Bury.

The development is part of a wider allocation of green belt land in Walshaw for up to 1,250 homes included in the recently adopted Places for Everyone (PfE) plan which sets out housebuilding targets for nine of the 10 Greater Manchester councils until 2039.

Stockport is the only area which is not included in that over-arching plan.

The PfE plan is the subject of a legal challenge from various regional pressure groups hoping to protect green belt allocations included within it. That case is due to be heard in Manchester in the autumn.

The "Scobell Street" website includes a public consultation which will run until Monday, September 9 which will gather opinions about the scheme.

Plans have been published on the Scobell Street site (Picture: Wain Estates)

Plans have been published on the 'Scobell Street' site (Picture: Wain Estates)

The questions included are about the type and size of housing, the provision of open space as part of the development and invites comments on the layout and other facilities people would like to see included.

The consultation gives more details about the proposed development.

It states: “In Walshaw, there is a need for a wide range of new homes for the local community.

“This development would provide up to 270 new homes of which 25 per cent would be affordable.

“There is a national housing shortage and the Walshaw area is no exception.

“More homes are needed to meet pressing and future demand, and the supply of new homes isn’t keeping up.

“The average house in Bury now costs eight times the average earnings.

“There is also a pressing need for affordable housing across the whole of Bury, with 2,490 households on the council’s waiting list in May 2024.”

Wain said up to 68 homes would be "affordable". They said this would "allow local households to join the property ladder for the first time".

They added that as the site is allocated for residential development in the adopted PfE plan, it is no longer classed as green belt.

During the development of the PfE plan many Walshaw residents said the current road network would not be able to cope with increased traffic from development.

A Wain spokesperson said: “As part of our assessment, capacity assessments of key junctions on the local highway network will be undertaken, informed by traffic surveys on the local highway network during school term time.”

The consultation can be found at weconsultations.co.uk/walshaw.