The planning panel approved the contentious plans this week
Vacant grassland off Berkeley Crescent in Hyde(Image: Tameside Council)
A small plot of land in Hyde soon have five new homes – despite neighbours’ safety concerns.
The patch of land, off Berkeley Crescent on the Foxholes estate, has been plagued by fly-tipping and vandalism in recent years, according to developers Armitage GT Ltd.
A plan for five ‘market houses’, with private gardens and off-street parking, stirred up trouble.
Alison Shaw was at the latest meeting of Tameside council’s planning panel to air objections on behalf of the Berkeley Crescent residents.
“The residents’ view is that both access routes are equally unsafe and unsuitable,” she told the panel.
“Traffic matters are already of a great significant concern to Berkeley Crescent – it is a narrow cul-de-sac serving 60 houses with over 100 vehicles using the road daily.
“Increase in construction vehicles would make it a potential dangerous pinpoint. The residents would like to remind the Tameside Council of their responsibility to prevent hazardous parking.”
Coun Phil Chadwick, ward representative for Hyde Werneth, pictured at the market in Hyde(Image: LDRS)
Ward councillor, Coun Phil Chadwick said highways safety was a ‘critical issue’, adding that proposal would cause ‘significant harm to the quality of life for residents in the local area’.
Daniel Armitage, speaking on behalf of the developer, said the land had become a spot targeted by fly-tippers and vandals and that the plan would provide homes amid a shortage.
“Generally it is going to improve what, for a long time, has been a blot on the landscape,” Mr Armitage added.
The outline plan for the new homes was approved. Further planning permission will be required before building work could start.
Apartment blocks approved
View of the 24-home residential development planned for Hyde(Image: Tameside Council/Ascot Property Estate LLP)
Two other housing plans were also approved by the local authority’s planning panel on April 16. Both applications in Hyde and Stalybridge were unanimously granted without contention.
A vacant children’s play centre in Hyde will be demolished and replaced by a three-storey apartment block and terraced homes. Alongside the 15 new studio apartments, the nine terraces are earmarked for the surrounding empty land on the corner of Syddall Street and Oldham Street.
The developer, Ascot Property Estate LLP, says terraced houses previously stood on this land before it was demolished. Car parking as well as public open space is also included in the proposals.
Aerial view of Quarry Street, Stalybridge, where a new apartment block is planned(Image: Tameside Council/Jigsaw Homes)
A new 18-home apartment block for Stalybridge was also approved by the panel. The site off Quarry Street, just next door to Trinity School, would see all the one-bedroom flats available for affordable rates (up to 80 per cent of market value).
The applicant, Jigsaw Homes, would own and manage the flats when work is completed.