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This is an opportunity to put some of those things in place and reinvent that part of Cheshire. There are fantastic business opportunities, but there are already large developments. The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester may be aware of Woodford Garden Village, which is part of the Greater Manchester development area, with approximately 10,000 homes. That is on the site of a former aerodrome, where they used to make Lancaster bombers and be part of the nuclear deterrent—and it is a very good development, but on brownfield. The Adlington new town will all be on greenfield, so there is a marked difference. If we look at that area from the air, we can see the old airfield being developed, and then we look at the green belt of Cheshire and see that it will be an expansion of the urban spread from Greater Manchester into east Cheshire.