Almost 150 homes approved for Chorley farmland to prevent 'something far worse'

146 homes approved in Lancashire countryside despite 130 objections

Councillors have reluctantly given the go-ahead to a major housing estate in the Chorley countryside amid a warning that rejecting it could “open the floodgates” to unwanted development across the borough.

Almost 150 homes approved for Chorley farmland to prevent 'something far worse'

The site was likely to be built upon sooner or later.