Next step forward for 400 homes on Bury’s largest brownfield site
Morris Homes is hopeful of securing full planning consent next week for the redevelopment of the 56-acre former East Lancashire Paper Mill plot in Radcliffe.
Bury Council’s planners have recommended detailed plans for the 400-home project for approval more than six years since the principle of redevelopment was established.
Bury Council and Homes England were granted outline permission for the project in 2018 and selected Morris Homes as their development partner in 2022.
Early last year, Morris lodged reserved matters plans for a mixture of apartments, maisonettes, mews, semi-detached, and detached residences, designed by Woods Hardwick.
Of the 400 homes proposed, 100 would be affordable and the majority – 151 homes – would be three-bedroom residences.
While the East Lancs Paper Mill site is brownfield, it does include a section of Green Belt. This is where the site’s current cricket ground would be relocated.
Mosaic Town Planning, Banners Gate, Tetra Tech, and Barnes Walker are all advising on the proposals.
Learn more about the application by searching reference number 70284 on Bury Council’s planning portal.
Has the problem of asbestos been resolved
By Jim
Well done sooner the better
By Anonymous
How many houses do we need are you also building shops doctors roads and many more things which are needed
By Anonymous
Has the land being cleared after all the chemicals which were spilled over period of mill existence
By Michael
Anonymous 9.05 – In case you’ve been living under a rock we have a housing crisis. There are 4.5 million homes required in the UK. Just because you already have one doesn’t mean there isn’t a requirement for more – other people exist besides yourself.
Agree on the need for more doctors though.
By Anonymous
Smack bang in flood plain 2, so good luck with getting insurance there. And doesn’t include any active travel connections across the Irwell or Roch, so yet more people are forced onto Radcliffe’s very busy roads. A distinct lack of vision from Bury Council.
By Flixton resident (and former Radcliffe)
Where are the children going to go to school? No places locally. And the traffic on the main feeder road is already really bad at rush hour.
By Anonymous
I love close to this and we were informed that they couldn’t build a school, due to the site leaking methane. How is it possible for that to be refused, which Radcliffe is in dire need of a high school, but 400 dwellings can be built. It’s horrendously congested around there as it is. This will not be an improvement
By Anonymous
Where is all the sewage going to go ?
By Tony
Building new houses does not necessarily create a need for more public services – it is simply moving people from overcrowding, living with mum and dad, homelessness etc into their own home. There are not going to be more people, but there will be some geographical movement – if that creates pressures in one location, it must be easing the pressures in another. It is also an accepted fact that there is a link between good housing and good health, so new homes like these, especially the affordable ones, could reduce pressures on public services
By Phil
to some of the people in the comments:
unlike many new builds there are already adequate facilities in the area including Metrolink and a brand new Secondary School
By Anonymous
Been waiting 16 months w be rehoused .maybe I will Now
By Elaine Burgin
70284 cannot be found on Bury Council’s planning portal. When issuing a reference number surely it would be easier to have the correct link embedded in the number!?
By John Greenwood
Hi John. I just tried searching the reference number and it worked. For your ease, here is the link https://planning.bury.gov.uk/online-applications/simpleSearchResults.do?action=firstPage. Best wishes, Dan
By Dan Whelan
John – the application number 70284 does work on the planning portal, I’ve just tried it and looked at the application. If not, just type in East Lancashire Paper Mill and it will come up.
By Gary
Let green belt remain the watch word and find a more suitable option to place the cricket pitch which will to close to residential properties.
By Vincent higgins