For the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A huge new 160-home housing estate will be built on agricultural land near to an Oldham secondary school.
The borough’s planning committee has approved plans for the ‘family’ homes to be built on land currently occupied by Matthew Fold Farm in Chadderton.
The new development by applicant FO Developments LLP is made up of 34 two-bed, 96 three-bed and 30 four-bedroom houses. Of these, 51 would be classed as ‘affordable’ dwellings, split into a mix of shared ownership and affordable rent and managed by a social housing provider.
Planning officer Graham Dickman told councillors it formed part of the wider Foxdenton Strategic Site, which has outline planning
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