Rochdale to hear pitch for 300 homes, industrial at Atom Valley
Landowner JP Milne Will Trust has applied to the local authority for permission to develop 62 acres east of Stakehill Industrial Estate, one of three principal sites within the Atom Valley development zone.
Proposals comprise 314 homes, 140,400 sq ft of employment space, public space, active travel provision, and landscaping for the development in Middleton.
It is expected that the development would generate a net additional GVA of £14.4m per year, and around £315,000 in council tax revenue.
The properties, designed by AEW Architects, would be offered as a mix of two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes.
Stakehill is considered a vital component of Atom Valley, the Mayoral Development Zone set up in August 2022, with the goal to deliver more than 17m sq ft of employment space, 20,000 jobs, and 7,000 sustainable homes.
A joint venture between Harworth Group and Russell LDP is courting the 1,600-acre Northern Gateway – the largest employment-led mixed-use development in Greater Manchester – and Kingsway Business Park represents the final piece of the Atom Valley MDZ.
Last week, the JV submitted what is understood to be one of the largest single planning applications ever put forward in the North for a 6.5m sq ft of employment park space, located at the intersection of the M60, M62, and M66.
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According to a planning statement submitted by WSP to Rochdale Council on behalf of the applicant, proposals for the Stakehill site include plans for 22 acres of public green space – of this, 12 acres would be allocated for native woodland and six for wildflower meadows.
Employment space is to be divided across four proposed industrial units, which would be located to the south of the plot and accompanied by ancillary facilities and HGV parking.
The previously Green Belt plot is within a strategic allocation of the pan-Greater Manchester Places for Everyone plan, and is earmarked for up to 1,680 homes and 1.6m sq ft of industrial and warehouse space.
Within the PfE allocation for this area, explicit demands are that industrial units should focus on providing advanced manufacturing facilities.
Access to the residential parcel of the site would be from the Slattocks roundabout via Bentley Avenue to the north.
This month, Rochdale and Bury Councils have opened up discussions over the setting up of a joint planning committee to deal with applications concerning the boundary spanning Atom Valley.
The project team includes Plincke, Mounteer, Redmore Environmental, Ecus, Rachel Hacking Ecology, CPW, The Arley Consulting Company, and BWB.
To view the application, use the planning reference number 25/00381/OUT on Rochdale Council’s planning portal.
Great news
By Anonymous
20.000 JOBS! Come on! That must be a joke.
By Anonymous
If approved, this one has a good chance of actually going ahead. It’s a good scheme, and apart from the Milne Trust (Thornham Estates), there are only two other landowners involved, and all parcels effectively have or will have their own access onto the highway. A little further away where the 1400 home “Garden Village” is planned, I can see blood letting! Redrow have soon to expire options with most of the sites several owners, but they also own the main access from the highway to the site in the former “All in One” garden centre. Wouldn’t want to be the last landowner in the line there, waiting to see if there are any scraps left over !
By Anonymous
Why is 20,000 jobs a joke? Sounds like a worthy aspiration.
By Anonymous
Will there be any improvement to the highways in the area for the higher volume of traffic
By John Johnson
20,000 jobs. Ridiculous. The existing estate already has empty units it’s been advertising for years. One access route, Bentley Ave? Carnage to follow on the roundabout at Slattocks.
By Anonymous