DAVID McLean Homes has upped the stakes in the battle to win the right to rebuild Whitefield town centre.

The company has revealed its latest designs to the Guide, saying it went back to the drawing board after listening to public opinion.

Bosses are hoping their scheme for the Brand Centre site will win over local residents and businesses, many of whom have so far backed a rival development by Dransfield Properties for a Morrisons supermarket.

No representative was sent by David McLean Homes to the last public meeting in February, but the company plans to stage a public exhibition to show off their plans next month.

A date has yet to be set for Bury Council's planning committee to consider the scheme.

The computer generated image of the scheme shows an ambitious multi-storey development on the corner of Bury New Road and Stanley Road.

On the ground floor there will be a parade of high street shops and leisure facilities such as bars and restaurants.

The corner entrance will feature the main access point to a proposed 36,000 sq ft Tesco supermarket, with lift and escalator access to the main body of the store situated on the first floor.

Above this will be space for 84 apartments with a roof-top, landscaped piazza and views across Whitefield Park, in Stanley Road.

The scheme also allows for basement and ground floor parking for residents and supermarket shoppers.

Andrew Ford, a spokesman for David McLean Homes, said: "This scheme is not only attractive and well designed, but also fits with national and local planning policy that encourages multi-storey, mixed-use developments in district centres like Whitefield. But perhaps what is more important is that this is a scheme with sustainability and practicality."

The company is also proposing to incorporate a new bus platform to replace the current bus station and new premises for the Cafe Roma and the Church Inn.

They believe the scheme will create a natural surveillance and security from the construction of apartments and shops and state the development will be well lit and overlooking both main roads.

David McLean Homes will inform surrounding households of their plans and invite them and other members of the public to a public exhibition next month, where the plans can be viewed in full.

Dransfield Properties had their application for a large supermarket, which also includes relocating the Cafe Roma, deferred by the planning committee in March, pending further talks.