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In 1980 Burnley was connected to the motorway network, through the construction of the first and second sections of the M65.

Although the route, next to the railway and over the former Clifton colliery site, was chosen to minimize the clearance of occupied land, Yatefield, Olive Mount and Whittlefield Mills, the Barracks, and several hundred more terrace houses had to be demolished.

Unusually this route passed close to the town centre and had a partitioning effect on the districts of Gannow, Ightenhill, Whittlefield, Rose Grove and Lowerhouse to the north.

The 1980s and ' 90s saw massive expansion of Ightenhill and Whittlefield.

Developers such as Bovis, Barratt and Wainhomes built large housing estates, predominantly on greenfield land.