Scheme aims to get empty buildings all over Bolton ‘back into community use’

This comes after Bolton Council announced that they will be giving people around the borough the chance to take over buildings like these through the Community Asset Transfer scheme.

This will start with a pilot in which the Darren Deady Foundation armed forces charity take over a council owned building on Washacre in Westhoughton that has been empty for several years.

Bolton Council cabinet member for property Cllr Sue Haworth…