Formal plans are likely to be lodged for the land off Windsor Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield later this summer.

The housebuilder has completed the purchase of the site from The Jockey Club. Savills advised The Jockey Club on the sale of the land.

Outline planning permission for residential development is already in place for the 6.7-acre site,  with Rowland Homes busy preparing a reserved matters planning application for around 90 dwellings.

The application is expected to be ready in August with the developer hoping to be on-site next year.

If approved, the scheme would see the development of three- and four-bed houses, ranging from semi-detached, and detached properties to townhouses.

Windsor Road is located in Ashton-in-Makerfield town centre with access to Junction 23 of the M6 a little more than a mile away, and within a 20-mile reach of Manchester and Liverpool.

Jon Pickthall, land director at Rowland, said: “We are delighted to have finalised this acquisition after much hard work from our land and technical teams over the last year and are very pleased to have secured a new site to our portfolio within the Greater Manchester area, which continues to exhibit high demand.”

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