Plans for 205 new homes in Horwich have come one step closer after the developer said it has met crucial conditions.

Bellway Homes Limited was given permission to build the homes, which follow on from the approval of 1,700 homes and open space at the Rivington Chase development.

Of the 205 homes, 10 will be on the buffer land within the applicant’s existing Barton Quarter development and 195 will be on Rivington Chase.

The homes will be part of the Horwich Locos works development.

At the time planners said there were “shortfalls” to the plans but these were outweighed by the benefits.

A number of conditions were attached to the approval of the plans.

These include that the applicant had to submit full details of traffic calming measures on the internal estate roads for the council to approve.

As well as this, the applicant had to show how a proposed heritage footpath link would be constructed.

Now Bellway Homes Limited have said these conditions have been met.

The developer has submitted three drawings to show that they have a plan for traffic calming measures.

And the firm has said construction work on the path can begin within two to four weeks of the overall work on the project.

Council officers said at the time that while they took exception to some of the plans they should not be rejected at it would compromise the delivery of other homes.

A council report said: “Officers do not consider that the proposed layout, design and scale of the dwellings proposed within phase 2 of the applicant’s development fully accords with the core design principles set out in the approved design and access statement for the Rivington Chase development.

"The proposed surface water drainage of the site would also be delivered independently from the wider development.

"These matters are considered to be shortcomings of the proposal.

“Officers however consider that the combined benefits of the proposed development, material considerations, weigh heavily in favour of the proposed development.

“The non-delivery of the spine road would jeopardise the strategic redevelopment of Rivington Chase, potentially removing around 800 homes from the council’s housing supply.

"It is therefore critical that the western section of the spine road is delivered in a timely manner, which the approval of this application would ensure.”