Oldham defers 41 homes due to resident resistance
An application from Jones Homes seeking consent to develop a four-acre site in Woodhouses, Failsworth has been deferred by Oldham Council due to concerns about traffic and access.
After an almost two-hour planning committee meeting packed with vocal locals, councillors voted unanimously to defer the application, citing the need for better transport planning and wider consideration of the impact of adding 82 cars to the area’s roads.
Jones Homes hopes to build 10 three-bed houses and 27 four-bedroom houses, in addition to four three-bed homes at affordable rent, totalling 41 properties.
The site is found on the south side of Ashton Road, the M60 runs to the site’s east, providing efficient regional connections and links to Manchester city centre.
Car parking for 82 vehicles has been proposed, and each plot will have electric vehicle charging points.
Approval was recommended subject to a Section 106 agreement stipulating a financial contribution of £18,000 towards the enhancement of off-site public space.
Woodcroft Design is the principal designer of the proposed scheme.
The project team includes ECUS now Cura Terrae, Element Sustainability, Cheshire Woodlands, Bureau Veritas, RSK Geosciences, Focus, and Stantec.
Jones Homes is a subsidiary of The Emerson Group, which has three operational divisions including Emerson International, Orbit Developments, and Jones Homes.
To view the application, use the reference number FUL/352724/24 on Oldham Council’s planning portal.
41 properties = 82 cars is exactly the reason why we are insane as a small island to be building detached houses in fields on the outskirts of towns. We could smash the housing target without lifting a blade of grass if we just committed to building midrise apartments. Why we choose not to is beyond my comprehension.
By M I Grant
This is exactly what the PM’s point about curbing rediculous NIMBY attempts to block infrastructure is all about. 82 vehicles won’t cause in real issue. That’s not a lot of cars and they would rarely be on the street all at the same time, if ever. Even if you looked at peak periods, they would be staggered. This is just a pile of NIMBYs who have the house they want and don’t want more neighbours. We really need to curb these people which is why the new changes will be a good thing
By EOD
Here’s an alternative headline, “councillors bottle it on a site allocated for housing in their own development plan”. Kier needs to step in and take on this Labour controlled NIMBY authority!
By Mr N Imby
Wow that must be a boujee area – the ‘Woodhouses Village Association and Residents of Ashton Road’ have hired heritage and transport consultants to rebut the proposals. Christ knows where they get the money, I used to live in a relatively affluent village and it take the parish years to do anything.
By Anonymous