Oldham Council have granted planning consent for 130 three- and four-bedrooms homes on the former Very Site at Linney Lane including affordable housing spread over the site.
The development of this site has always been a contentious issue for Shaw residents. Whilst it has always been clear that these homes will be built based on government planning law and advice from Oldham Council Planning officers.
Concerns raised by Liberal Democrat councillors and responding to resident feedback concerned about roads infrastructure, health provision and school places has seen the developers Bellway Homes entering into an agreement to pay £2.4 million to be spent locally on health facilities, road upgrading and additional school places.
Councillor Hazel Gloster said ‘The repurposing of this brownfield site whilst a welcome use of land outside the greenbelt needed to reflect residents’ genuine concerns. The funding which will be split equally over the two phases has been hard fought for but achieved by your Liberal Democrat councillors.
The road out of the site is now covered in mud can they not keep it clean
Have raised this before and will do again.
Is that the full extent of the building or is it the first stage? The site was supposed to have around 400 homes built on it what happened to those plans?
This is the first phase, which is typical how such developments are progressed. These will be built first and also Yodel is still on part of the site and they have not decided if they are moving or staying.
Regarding the mud on Linney lane :~ this will last a few years whilest the whole site is developed and will also affect Beal lane. The solution is NOT to bring mud onto the road and then try to clean it up but to have wheel washing facilities on site which are regularly maintained and kept in efficient working order. BRUSHING A ROAD THAT IS THICK WITH MUD NEVER CLEANS IT.
JDS
Could not agree more. I have raised wheel washing on site before and will continue to do so.