Church Street residents are asking whether plans to open a Greek bakery on the road may just be a cover story for another takeaway. Alarmed locals who witnessed the shop at 73 Church Street being fitted contacted the Liberal Democrat team. We have been told that they are preparing to open a Greek bakery, within [...]

Around 150 people will be taken on by the new Sainsburys store on Cricketers Way – and they will all be local people within a 3 mile radius of the store. A recent recruitment drive saw scores of people trying to get work with the company, with many families hit by the recession, leaving many [...]

LABOUR councillors tried to stop a new Tesco in Westhoughton, only to be found shopping in it days later. The new mini Tesco on Manchester Road at the White Horse junction has proven to be a lifeline for people living in that area, especially the elderly who cannot travel far. But Labour councillors originally wanted [...]

Supermarket chains LIDL and Sainsburys have begun work on their respective new sites in Westhoughton. LIDL, situated at the junction of Wigan Road and Cricketers Way, on the old Greenfields Private Members Club site, started first. They are now quickly being followed by construction work on the Sainsburys site, off Cricketers Way, opposite the McDonalds [...]

  Two locations for new shops have emerged in Westhoughton as LIDL press ahead with their plans for a new supermarket. Residents will already know that LIDL plan to build a new supermarket on the site of the former Greenfields Private Members Club, off Wigan Road (pictured right). But now two new sites have emerged [...]

National supermarket chain LIDL have now submitted their planning application to build a new store in Westhoughton. The application, which has been received by Bolton Council, is for the site of the former Greenfields Private Members’ Club off the Wigan Road/Cricketers Way junction. The planning application number is 81747/09 if residents wish to submit their [...]

SUPERMARKET giant Lidl are to hold a public consultation meeting to encourage residents to find out more about their plans to build a new store in Westhoughton. The national chain want a new store on the site of the former Greenfields Private Members Club, at the Cricketer’s Way/Wigan Road junction. The consultation will be held [...]

The national supermarket chain LIDL are considering building a new supermarket on the site of Greenfields Private Members’ Club. The former club, located at the junction of Wigan Road and Cricketers Way, was going to be demolished to make way for new apartments.

Bolton Council’s Planning Committee has voted NO to plans to build a phone mast on The Hoskers. Ward councillor David Wilkinson, who is on the committee, welcomed the news. He said: “This was not the right location for a phone mast and I’m pleased that the council has taken this on board and refused the [...]

Plans to build a phone mast on The Hoskers have been recommended for refusal by council officers. The recommendation has been made to councillors, who will have to make a decision shortly.