Developers want to build a housing estate on the site

Developers want to build 650 homes on the former Turner and Newall site, in Spodden Valley, Rochdale.

Work was carried out to remove asbestos contaminated rubble after a campaign by residents over possible health risks.

It followed admissions by developers MMC Estates and Countryside Properties that they twice failed to disclose asbestos had been found on the site.

People can have their say on the issue at Rochdale Town Hall on Thursday evening.