Next step forward for 400 homes on Bury’s largest brownfield site

Morris Homes is hopeful of securing full planning consent next week for the redevelopment of the 56-acre former East Lancashire Paper Mill plot in Radcliffe.

Bury Council’s planners have recommended detailed plans for the 400-home project for approval more than six years since the principle of redevelopment was established.

Bury Council and Homes England were granted outline permission for the project in 2018 and selected Morris Homes as their development partner in 2022.

Early last year, Morris lodged reserved matters plans for a mixture of apartments, maisonettes, mews, semi-detached, and detached residences, designed by Woods Hardwick.

Of the 400 homes proposed, 100 would be affordable and the majority – 151 homes – would be three-bedroom residences.

While the East Lancs Paper Mill site is brownfield, it does include a section of Green Belt. This is where the site’s current cricket ground would be relocated.

Mosaic Town Planning, Banners Gate, Tetra Tech, and Barnes Walker are all advising on the proposals.

Learn more about the application by searching reference number 70284 on Bury Council’s planning portal.