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Plans to build up to 250 homes and a sports facility in Great Harwood, Lancashire, have been approved by Hyndburn Council.The scheme will see a mix of family homes, including detached, semi-detached and bungalows, built on the seven-hectare Lyndon playing fields site in Harwood Lane, while four new sports pitches and associated changing and parking facilities would be created on a second five-hectare site 100 metres away.An existing children’s play area on the land where the homes are planned will be significantly improved and extended as part of the development.Lancashire-based planning consultancy PWA Planning submitted the plans on behalf of the applicant Reilly Developments Ltd.Great Harwood Rovers FC currently use the Lyndon playing fields, leasing them from the council which owns the site. The new FA-standard football pitches and changing facilities on the adjacent site will be used by the club’s 20 youth and junior teams.