A developer has revealed controversial plans to build a huge 1,500-home estate on green belt land in Rochdale. Redrow Homes has submitted papers outlining major proposals for a 220-acre site at Stakehill, on the southern edge of the town, near the M62.
The plot forms part of the wider Stakehill site included in Places for Everyone - the region’s emerging long term development plan, which is currently undergoing public examination. While not yet ready to lodge a planning application, Redrow is seeking council advice about a scheme it is preparing for submission in the near future.
The document - known as a ‘scoping report’ - says the firm is readying a ‘hybrid planning application’ for the proposed development of 1,500 homes’. This includes detailed proposals for a first phase of 300 properties and outline plans for the remaining 1,200.
READ MORE : Examination of the controversial Places for Everyone masterplan begins
