Major vision for Tameside set to take next step

A major plan to bring almost 10,000 new homes to Tameside by 2042 is set to move forward to the next stage.

Next week town hall bosses are set to move forward with their vision for growth in the borough over the next two decades – ‘Homes, Spaces, Places’ (HSP). This local plan will shape planning decisions, how town centres are reconfigured and where thousands of new homes and other key developments will be built.

A key component of this plan is house building, with 9,700 homes expected to be built over the next 16 years. A significant portion of these will come from the housing plans for Godley Green Garden Village (2,150 homes) and south of Hyde (440 homes).

Some 17,055 square metres office floorspace and 277,930 square metres of industrial and warehousing space has also been mooted.

Tameside council’s executive cabinet will meet on Wednesday to push the HSP plan to the next stage – a final round of consultation with the public and local organisations. This is the final stage before the local authority submits the plan to the government for approval and then official adoption.

HSP will focus on creating growth in Tameside through specific employment centres such as Tame Valley, Ashton Moss and Denton and focusing on building around transport hubs. The council is already pushing on with a new building project around Stalybridge station.

Improvement to the active travel network to improve connectivity between residential and urban settings also forms a major part of the HSP plan.
HSP also delves into clearly defining town centres across Tameside, by setting out clear retail and leisure space within.

Planning papers read: “Homes, Spaces, Places has been prepared over a number of years and informed by extensive consultation, engagement and evidence gathering.

“Building upon the strategic framework established through Places for Everyone (PfE), it provides Tameside’s local planning policy framework to 2042, identifying sites and Strategic Regeneration areas to support the delivery of homes, jobs and infrastructure, whilst setting out policies to guide sustainable growth and development. 

“Approval of the publication plan will enable the council to progress to the next statutory stage of plan preparation and maintain its programme for submission and examination under the government’s transitional arrangements.”

If council chiefs approve the next steps in the plan, HSP will be published for a draft and will go out for a six-week consultation in October. Formal adoption of the scheme would be expected later in 2027.