A DERELICT Greenfield mill will be given a new lease of life as an apartment complex despite objections from a long-standing village business. Hartley Botanic…
View More Apartment plan for derelict mill given the go-ahead despite concerns of local business
A NEW café and public toilet are coming to Uppermill after the go-ahead was granted by Oldham Council’s planning committee. The application sought permission for…
View More Green light for toilet conversion in Uppermill
TWO notable planning applications for Saddleworth are scheduled to be resolved this month. Oldham Planning Committee meets on Wednesday, August 24 to decide the future…
View More Mill and toilet block plans seek green light from councillors
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council has added its voice to residents’ objections against plans for up to 158 homes to be built in Springhead Quarry. The proposal…
View More Community rallies against quarry development plans
A NEW café planned for Uppermill could be ‘Greene’ by name and green by nature if proposals are accepted. An application has been submitted on…
View More Spending more than a penny on toilet block to café plans
A WELL-KNOWN building on Uppermill High Street is being given a new lease of life as Pearson Solicitors and Financial Advisers move back into Saddleworth.…
View More Pearson Solicitors expand with new premises in Saddleworth
A NEW town centre hotel and supermarket are coming to Oldham. Councillors have worked hard to ensure the development of a hotel and Lidl at…
View More Hotel and Supermarket coming to Princes Gate, Oldham
A GREENFIELD pub has received permission to turn part of the premises into five letting bedrooms. The application was submitted to Oldham Council planners by…
View More Pub’s bedroom plan receives green light
PEOPLE living in Dobcross have reacted angrily to plans to convert part of a field into an area where dog owners can walk and exercise…
View More Dobcross dog field sparks anger
A GREENFIELD pub has successfully obtained a variation of its premises licence despite local complaints on the grounds of public nuisance. An initial objection too…
View More Greenfield pub successful in licence modification application
PLANS for development of Chew Brook Vale in Greenfield has been almost halved and kept to just the brownfield mill site according to the new…
View More Places for Everyone plan reduces proposed development in Greenfield
THE current Oldham East and Saddleworth parliamentary constituency could include two new areas at any elections after 2023. The Boundary Commission of England (BCoE) don’t…
View More Royton ‘move’ to Saddleworth parliamentary constituency has ‘merit’ says Boundary Commission
By Hannah Wilson RESIDENTS are urged to have their say as Post Office Ltd has started an official consultation to close Oldham’s town centre branch…
View More Residents urged to have say in consultation on Oldham town centre post office relocation
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
DETAILED plans for a new Greenfield Primary School are printed here for the first time by the Independent after the green light was given to…
View More Plans revealed for larger Greenfield Primary School
SPRINGHEAD Football Club has ambitious plans to mark its centenary in five years with a £1million redevelopment of its Ashfield Crescent home. The dream is…
View More Springhead Football Club plans £1million redevelopment
THERE is plenty of progress to come for Oldham in 2018 is the New Year message from council leader Jean Stretton. In her Leader’s Blog,…
View More Progress to come for Oldham promises council leader in New Year message
Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, with her concerns over planned train…
View More MP Debbie Abrahams slams proposed peak time gaps in train service
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
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
THE EYE-CATCHING vision for a new Oldham Coliseum Theatre has been unveiled ahead of the submission of a planning application. Oldham Council and Oldham Coliseum…
View More New vision for Oldham Coliseum Theatre unveiled
A computer glitch has forced red faced Oldham Council bosses to extend the pre-consultation process for another contentious Saddleworth school re-development. Council chiefs want to…
View More Pre-consultation for new Greenfield Primary extend after computer glitch
OLDHAM RESIDENTS are invited to share their struggles and successes in making healthy lifestyle choices to help shape health and social care plans across Greater…
View More Oldham residents asked to help shape health and social care budget
A KEY public consultation is to be staged over proposals to turn a controversial tip at Austerlands into a quality residential development. Several years ago…
View More Community invited to have a say on quarry development plans
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