Tameside Council's executive cabinet is set to advance its 'Homes, Spaces, Places' (HSP) local plan to the next stage next week, a plan that envisions nearly 10,000 new homes in the borough by 2042.
The plan will shape planning decisions, town centre reconfigurations, and the locations of thousands of new homes and other key developments over the next two decades. A central component is house building, with 9,700 homes expected to be constructed over the next 16 years. A significant portion will come from the housing plans for Godley Green Garden Village (2,150 homes) and south of Hyde (440 homes).
Employment and transport hubs
The plan also mooted 17,055 square metres of office floorspace and 277,930 square metres of industrial and warehousing space. HSP will focus on creating growth through specific employment centres such as Tame Valley, Ashton Moss and Denton, and on building around transport hubs. The council is already progressing with a new building project around Stalybridge station.
Improvements to the active travel network to enhance connectivity between residential and urban settings also form a major part of the plan. HSP also aims to clearly define town centres across Tameside by setting out retail and leisure space within them.
Consultation and adoption timeline
The executive cabinet will meet on Wednesday to push the HSP plan to its final round of consultation with the public and local organisations. This is the final stage before the local authority submits the plan to the government for approval and official adoption.
Planning papers state: “Homes, Spaces, Places has been prepared over a number of years and informed by extensive consultation, engagement and evidence gathering.
“Building upon the strategic framework established through Places for Everyone (PfE), it provides Tameside’s local planning policy framework to 2042, identifying sites and Strategic Regeneration areas to support the delivery of homes, jobs and infrastructure, whilst setting out policies to guide sustainable growth and development.
“Approval of the publication plan will enable the council to progress to the next statutory stage of plan preparation and maintain its programme for submission and examination under the government’s transitional arrangements.”
If council chiefs approve the next steps, HSP will be published for a draft and go out for a six-week consultation in October. Formal adoption of the scheme is expected later in 2027.
