Tameside signs off 122 houses

Vacant since 2014, the former ABC Newton Bank Print Works will get a new lease on life with Eccleston Homes securing planning permission to build a neighbourhood on the 12-acre brownfield site in Hyde.

Tameside Council’s planning committee voted to approve the application at its meeting on Wednesday.

Eccleston Homes now has the authority to build the residences on the Clarendon Road plot. Much of the site has already been cleared, but a few remaining buildings will need to be razed to make way for the 122 approved homes.

Of the 122 houses, four are to have only two bedrooms, while 46 will have three and 72 will have four. There are eight house types proposed for the area, but regardless of their differences, each residence will have off-road parking and private gardens to their front and rear.

None of the homes are to be designated as affordable, due to viability concerns related to remediating the land for the scheme.

When plans were first submitted for the project in 2022, it had a gross development value of £47m. Since then, however, the project has undergone a series of changes, including the reduction of the number of homes from 130 to 122, the addition of a playground, and improvements to the drainage strategy and biodiversity net gain.

The project team for the neighbourhood includes planner Connollys, ecologist Ascerta, transport consultant SCP, air quality and noise expert Professional Consult, flood risk adviser RSK, viability assessor Cushman & Wakefield, and Betts Geo.

You can learn more about the scheme by searching reference number 22/01112/FUL on Tameside Council’s planning portal.

Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, Eccleston Homes has secured planning permission for 57 residences in Davyhulme and another 57 in Ramsbottom.