Demolition work starts on 'death-trap' mill

Demolition work starts on 'death-trap' mill

Updated 9:48am Monday 7th July 2014 in News

Howe Bridge Number Three Mill

DEMOLITION work is under way on a mill that has been labelled an eyesore, landmark and potential death-trap.

Howe Bridge Number Three Mill has stood in the centre of Atherton for 124 years but has been empty and derelict for a year-and-a-half.

Work has now started to demolish the building and the adjoining Number Six Mill added in 1919 as part of a plan to redevelop the site into a housing estate.

Shahram Sakhdari, head of development at Realty Estates, which owns the site, said: The demolition was originally approved as part of a supermarkets plan to build a store there but that fell through and now there is a plan to build up to 135 houses on the site.

That may change though as another planning application will need to be submitted by the housing company.

The demolition was believed to have been delayed due to fears that there was asbestos in the building.

But Mr Sakhdari said: The delay was not a delay from our point of view. One of the planning conditions was that the building needed to be documented because of its heritage. Because of that demolition did not start as early as expected but it was not a delay.

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