This evening I attended the Walkden & Little Hulton Community Committee at the SureStart Children’s Centre in Little Hulton. The agenda was relatively light, and the meeting would have been over very quickly but for a delegation of residents from Granville Street in Walkden.
The residents are (rightly) concerned about the impact of the proposed changes to the Tesco car park on their quality of life. At the moment, there is a substantial grassed area with trees between the Granville Street houses and the car park, but this would be removed under the new proposals which are currently lodged with the planning department.
I agree that this would have an unacceptable impact on their quality of life and I hope that agreement can be reached with the site owners to retain this green area.
I also raised the issue of litter. Under the plans, McDonalds will be resited nearer to the centre of the car park and this provides an opportunity for the planners to get tougher with McDonalds over the litter that emanates from their store and causes problems for residents on Granville Street and High Street.
I am broadly supportive of the remainder of the proposals, which involves changes to the traffic layout with new access on Ashton Field Drive and the removal of the High Street access road which is a horrible junction. However, the residents on Granville Street are right about the effect that the changes would have on their properties and a compromise should be reached.
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