PLANNING | Redrow, WRT find success in Oldham
Redrow’s 201-house development in Cowlishaw and WRT Developments’ push for 77 homes in Diggle have been signed off at the 19 January planning committee meeting.
Redrow’s Land off Cocker Mill Lane application
Planners Ryan & May worked with Redrow on the design of this reserved matters application, which features 201 two-storey houses. Of those houses, 21 will be designated affordable.
The market houses will range from offering three to five bedrooms and will vary from 1,081 sq ft to 1,855 sq ft. According to Redrow, there will be 15 different house types on site.
Main access for the development will be off Cocker Mill Lane.
Urban Green designed the layout of the scheme, which also includes five acres of green space and an orchard.
“Our new development will provide a better way for people to live, with homes of a high quality being built alongside green areas where residents can spend time outdoors,” said Redrow Lancashire managing director Claire Jarvis.
“These natural spaces will include a community orchard as well a pond and other habitats where native wildlife can thrive. New footpaths will also link the properties to neighbouring fields and woodland, while a tree-lined boulevard will run through the centre of the development,” she continued.
“Our homebuyers have told us they also prioritise private outdoor space, particularly post-pandemic, so many of the homes will be detached with gardens and driveways.”
Outline consent had been granted for the scheme in August 2020. Redrow is already conducting enabling works on the site after purchasing the 25-acre plot in May last year. It is hoped to launch sales of homes at the new development later this year, with the first residents moving into their homes in 2023.
AES Sustainability was the energy and sustainability consultant. Crofts was the highways consultant and Bannersgate was the drainage one.
Looking to learn more about the approved project? The application’s reference number with Oldham Council is RES/346720/21.
Proposed elevations for the homes of the approved Diggle scheme. Credit: via planning documents
WRT’s Land at Huddersfield Road application
Chadderton-based WRT Developments has secured approval to build 17 two-bedroom homes, 22 three-bedroom houses, 34 four-bedroom houses and four five-bedroom houses on two plots of land near Huddersfield Road in Diggle. The two plots, one nearly 3.5 acres and the other 2.7 acres, are divided by a former access road off Huddersfield Road.
HNA Architects designed the scheme for WRT, which grants each of the homes their own rear garden and two car parking spaces.
The houses will come in a variety of styles, with a mixture of two different stone finishes.
Oldham Council signed off the application, which was submitted by P4 Planning. However, the decision came with conditions, including the completion of a section 106 agreement securing 10% affordable housing on-site and financial contributions towards enhancing open spaces in the area and compensating for the loss of bird habitat.
Hydrock was the transport consultant for the project. TBA Landscape was the landscape architect. Lancaster Maloney was the energy consultant and The Jessop Consultancy handled heritage for the scheme. PDA Acoustics was the noise consultant.
Looking to learn more about the approved scheme? The application’s reference number with Oldham Council is FUL/345630/20.
We were delighted to have played a part in this as the noise consultant.
By PDA Acoustics
a blot on the landscape, Oldham council should hang their head in shame at giving planning permission for these modern eyesores to be built
By Anonymous
We have 2 concerns about this housing planning in Diggle.
1. This will cause even more congestion at the entrance to Diggle, where the school is situated and the road has been narrowed with traffic lights. The extra amount of traffic leaving and returning to and from Diggle will cause congestion, frustration and accidents.
2. Some households in Diggle are being asked to find alternative GP surgeries because Uppermill surgery is full. Where will the new residents in Diggle find medical help with a surgery locally?
One of the fields planned for housing should have been used to build a new medical centre which is desperately needed in Saddleworth.
By Doris and Betty
*houses not appropriate -we need all affordable housing in diggle – not 7
*facilities/utilities already full- not able to cope with additional people and vehicles!
*open space needed along Road and around school
*hemming school in so no possibility of further growth or additional facilities in future
* further destruction of historical valley including historic buildings, canal, railway etc
*village not yet adjusted to impact of school and not had time to calculate this – number of vehicles parked on road all the way from school to the other end of the village frightening.
* environmental impact negative
Leave diggle alone – there has been too much development and we need a breathing space. There will be nothing left.
By Ann Taylor
NIMBYism taking over this thread.
By Big Dub
I agree with both comments submitted on August 15th 2022 at 9.08 , and August 16th 2022 at 10.30. We do not need anymore new homes in Diggle. Priority should be given to a much needed new Saddleworth integrated Health Centre / NHS Dental Practice .
Not to mention all the extra traffic congestion 77 new homes will cause and effects on the wildlife/biodiversity of the land they are being built on.
By Anonymous
Originally a parking space for the houses opposite were included on the plans. Please advise, this is most important as we now have double yellow lines to accommodate the school and houses.
By Megan Taylor