Residents of a village which “doesn’t even have a bus” have expressed concerns about the government’s plans to potentially build 10,000 new homes there.
Adlington, in the Cheshire countryside, is currently home to around 6,000 people, but has been proposed as one of 12 potential locations for the government’s New Towns Programme.
The programme aimed to tackle the UK’s housing shortage, and would see at least 10,000 homes being built in each of the “new towns”, subject to environmental assessments and public consultation.
Resident of 30 years Janet Stockton said: “I’m concerned that there’s not going to be enough infrastructure because we don’t have anything in Adlington.”