A huge new 338-home housing estate will be built on an iconic Tameside factory site after planning chiefs gave it the green light.Members of the planning committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow the redevelopment of the historic Robertson’s Jam Factory site in Droylsden.The joint reserved matters application by Taylor Wimpey and Bellway Homes has been amended since it was submitted earlier in the year to include a further 24 apartments.Planning officer David Thompson told councillors that during the course of the application officers had negotiated ‘significant improvements’ to the scheme with the applicant.“Given the large scale and prominence of this site it was considered that the southern edge of the development in particular.
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