{"id":123134,"date":"2025-05-22T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/123134\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T17:52:12","slug":"the-vision-for-huge-housing-estate-in-greater-manchester-suburb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/123134\/","title":{"rendered":"The vision for huge housing estate in Greater Manchester suburb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first phase of the masterplan has been lodged with the local authority<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_CGI-of-how-the-new-neighbourhood-planned-for-Bamford-in-Rochdale-could-look.jpg\" alt=\"CGI of how the new neighbourhood planned for Bamford, in Rochdale, could look\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>CGI of how the new neighbourhood planned for Bamford, in Rochdale, could look(Image: Wain Homes)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The first phase of a huge new housing estate on grassland in Bamford could soon be delivered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A parcel of land off Greenvale in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/rochdale\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rochdale<\/a> area is set to see 43 new homes built on it. This would be the first of 450 earmarked for Bamford by developers Wain Homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The new \u2018high quality\u2019 family homes would have a mix of two, three, four and five bedrooms, with access onto Greenvale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Each of the 46 homes, sitting next to a series of ponds, would have private gardens and off-street parking provision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As part of the wider scheme, the local sports pitches would be kept and improved with a new road and footpath network being built throughout the new neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Masterplan-for-the-new-neighbourhood-planned-for-Bamford-in-Rochdale.jpg\" alt=\"Masterplan for the new neighbourhood planned for Bamford, in Rochdale\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Masterplan for the new neighbourhood planned for Bamford, in Rochdale(Image: Wain Homes)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The wider housing development forms part of the Places for Everyone (PfE) plan, which is a joint development plan for nine Greater Manchester districts to build thousands of new homes and jobs in the city region over the next two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rochdale as a whole would see 10,500 new houses built under PfE, with this site providing a large proportion of those homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Planning papers read: \u201cThe proposed development would deliver a range of high quality, high specification homes for the local community in a sustainable location.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The planning team at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/rochdale-council\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rochdale Council<\/a> will make a decision on the plan over the next few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Day in day out, our reporters in the Manchester Evening News newsroom bring you remarkable stories from all aspects of Mancunian life. 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