I WRITE with regard to the application to build on Spen Moor, off Bury and Bolton Road.

It amazes me how these greedy house builders just wait for the dust to settle over a period of years, hope that people forget, or that their resolve to fight has dwindled, then resurrect their "Phoenix", their planning application.

When will they - and indeed the council - be happy?

Take Bolton Road playing fields. Who would have thought that 70 houses would ever take the place of sports people, again after a long and pointless fight with its inevitable ending?

So, let them build yet again on the green fields of our town rather than follow the splendid example of housing associations. They are knocking down old industrial eyesores and rebuilding on the sites - two local examples being those in Radcliffe.

Is it too much to expect the "big boys" to consider this option while there are still green fields to be built on?

MARTIN CRITCHLEY,

Kensington Drive, Bury.

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