Plans to build a new estate of 91 homes on a former Radcliffe high school site have been submitted.

Developers Hive Homes hope to build the sizeable new estate on the cleared site and former playing fields of the Riverside High School on School Street.

The school buildings were demolished in 2015 and the six acre site is currently vacant green space with some hardstanding.

The application site is accessed from School Street which links to the A665 Pilkington Way and Blackburn Street.

The school was built in the 1970s as Coney Green Technology School, and was merged with Radcliffe High School in 2003 to create Radcliffe Riverside before its closure in the summer of 2014.

A design and access statement in support of the plans, said: “The buildings associated with the former Radcliffe high school have now been demolished.

“Since the clearance of the site, Bury’s development director has briefed that the site should be fully cleared to maximise density of two-storey residential

development.

"Proposed is a residential development to erect 91 dwellings with associated parking and landscaping.

“The proposals provide an opportunity to deliver high quality housing and affordable housing, within a sustainable location in an urban area.”

The plans state that 79 of the homes would be three-bedroom with the remaining 12 four-bedroom.

The report said of these 91 new houses, 25 per cent would be ‘affordable homes’ which equates to 23 in total.

The plans said a second access point and a new footpath would be part of the plans.

The report, said: “The primary access is to be taken from School Street on the southern boundary.

"A secondary access will be taken from Abden Street.

“An additional proposed footpath link will connect the site to Chard Street. This path will be well landscaped and overlooked to ensure safety.

“Each house will have two off-street parking spaces, provided either to the front, between interspersed landscaping, or to the side of each property.”

Hive said their plans included planting of 103 new trees, areas of native and ornamental shrub planting, turf, grass and wild lower seed.

A significant area of planting will be along the northern boundary of the site, where 24 trees, along with shrubs and wild flowers will create "a green buffer to reduce visual impact from neighbouring industrial site".

Council planners will now consider the plans after a period of consultation with neighbouring residents and businesses.