The speed limit along every road on a Chorley housing estate is set to be cut.

The current 30mph maximum across the development, off the A49 Wigan Road in Clayton-le-Woods, is to be reduced to 20mph in a bid to make the routes safer.

The change will affect a total of 20 roads, centred around Wychwood Grove.

Highways bosses at Lancashire County Council are currently carrying out a public consultation before implementing the plan.

Wychwood Grove, which runs through the centre of the estate where speed limits are to be cut to 20mph | Google

placeholder image — Wychwood Grove, which runs through the centre of the estate where speed limits are to be cut to 20mph | Google

In a report outline the reasons for the reduction, the authority says it is to “improve the safety of motorised and non-motorised [road] users, mitigating against additional traffic flows and pedestrian movements from [the] new housing development”.

The sprawling estate has been built over the course of more than a decade, with constructors including Taylor Wimpey, David Wilson Homes and Lovell Homes responsible for different parts of the plot. The county council says the costs associated with the speed limit cut will be developer funded.

The affected roads are:

Arden Drive

Bedgebury Close

Burnham Close

Cannock Crescent

Charnwood Mews

Dallington Avenue

Darwin Drive

Etford Close

Gisburn Court

Hatfield Drive

Kielder Gardens

Leighfield Close

Mercia Grove

Mortimer Place

Ryton Place

Sherwood Avenue

Whinfell Close

Whiteleaf Place

Wychwood Grove

Yardley Close

Anybody wishing to take part in the consultation, should email their comments to: [email protected], quoting ref:LSG4\894.21354\AFR, by 11th November.