TOWN councillors have hit out at plans to build new sports facilities at Old Station Park in Horwich. Horwich Town Council has voted for the refusal of plans submitted by Bolton Council’s Neighbourhood Services to build a new ‘Multi-Use Games Area’ (MUGA) at Old Station Park. The proposed MUGA would be built next to the existing facility, with the existing facility taken up and returned to grassland. But concerns have been raised by the town council that this will lead to a loss of sporting facilities for Horwich, with this application a ‘downgrade’ compared to previously-proposed facilities. Horwich Town Councillor Steven Chadwick has written to Bolton Councillors, saying: “Previously there were two tennis courts, then one tennis court and a street football/basketball court, then a large multi-use games area.