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Bolton’s skyline will be transformed by the development<\/p>\nThese are all the most recent planning applications tabled with councils across Greater Manchester recentlyBolton’s skyline will be transformed by the development<\/p>\n
The most objected housing plan in Bury\u2019s history is one of the key developments planned across Greater Manchester recently.<\/p>\n
The proposal to create a 275-home estate on former green belt land in Walshaw was only submitted to the local authority a few weeks ago, but it\u2019s already whipped up fury locally. A whopping 1,038 people have submitted comments on the plans via the Bury<\/a> Council website.<\/p>\n The plan is the first phase of a wider scheme that aims to build 1,250 homes in the area.<\/p>\n More housing plans, new padel courts and town centre transformations have also been tabled with councils across the city-region.<\/p>\n Here is a breakdown of each borough\u2019s submitted planning applications this week<\/p>\n Bolton Long-dormant riverside site to be transformed into \u00a3100M 12-block town centre community<\/strong><\/p>\n Long awaited plans to develop the Church Wharf site in Bolton<\/a> town centre have been submitted.<\/p>\n Manchester-based developer, Watson, has submitted the planning application to Bolton Council for 415 new homes. The four-phase development will also feature a 130-bedroom hotel, as well as commercial spaces for bars, restaurants and shops.<\/p>\n Watson said Church Wharf is designed to complement other ongoing residential developments in the area, including Moor Lane and Deansgate<\/a> Gardens. The new homes will comprise a mixture of one, two and three-bedroom houses and apartments. Watson said the \u2018a selection will be available for affordable tenure\u2019.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Bury Bid to build 275 homes on green fields set to be the most opposed application in Bury\u2019s history as more than 1,000 object<\/strong><\/p>\n An application for a 275-home estate on former green belt land is set to be the most objected to planning proposal in Bury\u2019s history.<\/p>\n In the few weeks since Wain Estates submitted plans to transform publicly accessible green fields off Scobell Street into a housing estate, a whopping 1,038 people have submitted comments on the plans via the Bury Council website.<\/p>\n The vast majority of the submissions have been formal objections to the Walshaw-based scheme.<\/p>\n If approved, the Wain Estates application is the first phase of what could become 1,250 new homes on the wider plot in the semi-rural village of Walshaw.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Images show how \u2018dynamic\u2019 new five-court padel club and caf\u00e9 will look<\/strong><\/p>\n Padel courts and a clubhouse are set to be built at a current caravan storage yard.<\/p>\n Plans have been published this week to create five courts on land at the rear of Eton Hill Road, Radcliffe<\/a>, currently used for caravan storage. Applicants, Love Padel, said the new sports venue would see the current workshop on the site converted into a clubhouse.<\/p>\n A design and access report published on behalf of Love Padel said: \u201cIt will transform an existing caravan storage yard into a dynamic padel sports facility.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Manchester The future of Manchester’s tallest tower is in doubt once again<\/strong><\/p>\n The future of Manchester\u2019s tallest tower is in doubt as Manchester council will re-assess its planning permission.<\/p>\n Plans to build a 76-storey skyscraper with 452 flats and a 160-bedroom Nobu hotel behind the Manchester Central<\/a> convention centre were approved last month by Manchester council\u2019s planning committee.<\/p>\n The 246m-tall building, formerly called Viadux 2a and now named Nobu Manchester, will be the city\u2019s tallest once it’s complete, overtaking the 200m-high Deansgate Square South Tower and under-construction \u2018Plot D\u2019 block, set to be 213m in height.<\/p>\n But the planning application will be reconsidered in full by the council next week after an administrative error meant a key body was not properly consulted in the process, and submitted an \u2018objection which presented new information\u2019 after approval.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Oldham First look at how Oldham skyline could be dramatically changed with four huge developments<\/strong><\/p>\n A new CGI animation of the multi-million pound project shaping the future of Oldham<\/a> town centre has been shared.<\/p>\n The video, screened for the first time at the real estate conference UKREiff earlier this week, shows how several major developments could change the skyline of the borough. A three-dimensional map outlines plans for four new building complexes that are a part of Oldham Council\u2019s partnership with city-building consultants Muse.<\/p>\n These are the current Civic Centre, due to be turned into a hotel and apartment complexes; the former magistrates court; Oldham\u2019s former leisure centre and \u2018Prince\u2019s Gate\u2019; an underused carpark in Mumps, all of which will be converted into housing and shops.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Rochdale The vision for huge housing estate in a Rochdale suburb<\/strong><\/p>\n The first phase of a huge new housing estate on grassland in Bamford could soon be delivered.<\/p>\n A parcel of land off Greenvale in the 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 The new \u2018high quality\u2019 family homes would have a mix of two, three, four and five bedrooms, with access onto Greenvale.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Tameside The HSBC bank closed two years ago, now it could become apartment block<\/strong><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_churchw4.jpg\")
Commercial space is planned as well as more than 400 homes<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_scobellst10.jpg\")
The area bordered in red forms the Wain Estates application site for 275 homes<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_padel-rad3.jpg\")
A canopy would protect the courts from the weather (Image: Corstorphine & Wright)<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Viadux.jpg\")
How Nobu Manchester will look, with a smaller 23-storey tower behind it also under review(Image: Salboy\/Manchester council planning documents)<\/p>\n![\"New](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Screenshots-of-Oldhams-new-town-centre-regeneration-CGIs.jpg\")
New CGI shows how multi-million pound project will transform Oldham\u00a0(Image: Muse \/ Oldham Council)<\/p>\n![\"CGI](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748115792_496_0_CGI-of-how-the-new-neighbourhood-planned-for-Bamford-in-Rochdale-could-look.jpg\")
CGI of how the new neighbourhood planned for Bamford, in Rochdale, could look(Image: Wain Homes)<\/p>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Former-HSBC-bank-in-Ashton-off-Stamford-Street-Central.jpg\")
Former HSBC bank in Ashton, off Stamford Street Central(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n