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CAMPAIGNERS fighting Oldham Council’s decision to approve a 265-home development in Grotton, Springhead and Lees have organised a massive Bank Holiday weekend fundraiser towards meeting…
View More Into the Valley – Bank Holiday events boost for fighting fund
FIND out more about plans to build 213 homes at the site of the former Springhead Quarry and adjacent land at a public consultation on…
View More Locals invited to consultation on plans for 213 new homes in Springhead
REFUSAL should be given to plans for 265 homes and a link road in Lees, Springhead and Grotton, says Saddleworth Parish Council’s planning committee –…
View More Saddleworth Parish Council recommends refusal for 265 home-development for second time
FROM children splashing in the streams to dog walkers enjoying the fresh air and open landscapes, the green valleys in Springhead, Lees and Grotton are…
View More Campaigners continue battle to save valleys as planning refusal is appealed
A FORMER leader of Oldham Council is adding his voice to the objections against extensive development plans in Greenfield. Richard Knowles is backing campaigners who…
View More Former council leader adds voice to objections against Spatial Framework development plans
Campaigners opposing plans for a huge homes development at Knowls Lane, Lees have called a public meeting on Thursday, April 25 to discuss the implications…
View More Campaigning to re-start after appeal against rejection of Knowls Lane housing plan
A new Night Time Economy Task Force is to investigate ways to boost and revitalise Oldham town centre. Cllr Sean Fielding, Oldham Council Leader, chaired…
View More Oldham Council launches economy task force to boost town centre night time
A derelict Saddleworth mill has become a playground for teenage vandals. But the long-term future of Knoll Mill on Wellington Road in Greenfield could be…
View More What’s next for Knoll Mill as vandals target building?
By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter CONTROVERSIAL proposals to build a £3.5m link road and 265 homes on protected open land in Springhead, Grotton and Lees…
View More Oldham planning chiefs refuse controversial plans for road and 265 homes in Springhead
OLDHAM Council is set to formally launch its search for a development partner to deliver its Town Centre Masterplan. Subject to Cabinet approval on Monday,…
View More Oldham Council to seek development partner for Town Centre masterplan
A massive new seven-year housing development programme for one of Saddleworth’s “green lungs” will not solve Oldham’s demand for affordable homes. But, say Save Our…
View More Locals reject housing plans which would kill off “breathing space” in Springhead
STEVE Walsh has big plans for Well-i-Hole Farm and its camping and caravan site. But his proposals, highlighted below, don’t include replacing green fields and…
View More Owner’s vision for Well-i-Hole Farm doesn’t include housing development
A PUBLIC consultation period over plans for 265 new homes in Springhead has been extended after difficulties accessing documents on Oldham Council’s website. The planning…
View More Save Our Valleys battle proposals to build 265 homes on Springhead green fields
Oldham Council has announced a full schedule of dates and venues for the public consultation on its plans for a new look town centre. An…
View More Consultation dates announced for Oldham Town Centre masterplan
RESIDENTS are mobilising themselves to oppose the first of three potential housing developments along a half-a-mile stretch of green field and greenbelt land on the…
View More Proposed homes at Huddersfield Road get the thumbs down from locals
MORE than 120 locals stepped out for a ‘Save our Valleys’ walk to show their concerns over plans to build 265 homes in Springhead, Lees…
View More Save our Valleys: Campaigners step out against plans
DETERMINED campaigners are inviting the community to join them on a ‘Walk for the Valleys’ as they fight to save green space in Springhead, Lees…
View More Campaigners host ‘Walk for the Valleys’ protest against development of new homes
LOCALS of all ages and interests are encouraged to play a crucial role in writing a Neighbourhood Plan to shape the future of Saddleworth. Saddleworth…
View More Call for community to have vital say on Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan
LOCALS OF all ages and interests are encouraged to play a crucial role in writing a Neighbourhood Plan to shape the future of Saddleworth. Saddleworth…
View More All locals encouraged to help shape vital Saddleworth Neighbourhood Plan
DETERMINED LOCALS are calling for a community push to help fight plans for 265 new homes to be built in Springhead and Lees’s open green…
View More Residents rally against plans to build 265 homes in Lees green valleys
SADDLEWORTH PARISH Council is urging Oldham Council to extend a key deadline for views on a new Local Plan beyond the summer holidays. The Local…
View More Saddleworth Parish Council seeks more time for residents’ input to key Local Plan
MORE THAN 400 people have signed a petition rallying against plans to build 265 new homes in green space in Springhead. Russell Homes is proposing…
View More Save Our Valleys launch petition and campaign against plans for 265 homes in Springhead
LOCAL COUNCILLORS and residents are rallying together against plans to build up to 265 new homes on open green space in Springhead. Russell Homes is…
View More Community concern over plans to build 265 homes in Springhead green space
TWO independent representatives are being sought to help shape Oldham’s cultural quarter through a new steering group. The Cultural Quarter Steering Group has been established…
View More Exciting opportunity to help shape Oldham’s new cultural quarter
Oldham Council is set to choose a private developer to take on and deliver the Prince’s Gate at Oldham Mumps scheme. The decision will bring…
View More Developer set to be chosen to deliver Prince’s Gate vision
Campaigners want to recruit Greater Manchester Mayoral candidate, Andy Burnham, in their fight to keep Saddleworth greenbelt out of the clutches of Oldham Council planners.…
View More Fight against Fletcher’s Framework plan to recruit political heavyweight?
Controversial plans to build on Saddleworth green belt have been slammed as “outrageous” by campaigners opposed to re-development proposals for Robert Fletcher’s Paper Mill in…
View More Below the greenbelt: Fletcher’s framework plans “outrageous”
Controversial plans to build a huge development of homes and holiday lodges on the edge of a Saddleworth beauty spot have met mass opposition from…
View More Saddleworth residents and councillors oppose controversial Spatial Development plans
PUBLIC CONSULTATION on the first draft of Greater Manchester Spatial Framework is being extended until January 16, 2017. Oldham Council and neighbouring local authorities have…
View More Spatial framework consultation extended into January
Marks & Spencer has announced it will not be taking up its option on new retail space at the Prince’s Gate at Oldham Mumps development. …
View More Marks & Spencer withdraws from Prince’s Gate Scheme in Oldham
FIND OUT more about the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework’s development plans for Saddleworth at a public drop-in session on Monday, November 21 at the Civic…
View More Uppermill hosts drop-in session about Spatial Framework development plans
DELIGHTED LOCALS who feared a disused Austerlands quarry may be turned into a landfill are celebrating Oldham Council’s decision to allow housing on the site.…
View More Green light for development of homes at Birks Quarry in Austerlands
WORK ON the first stage of the Prince’s Gate at Oldham Mumps development – a replacement Park and Ride facility – is set to begin…
View More Plans for Prince’s Gate development at Oldham Mumps are on track
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