Weekly planning round up, including demolition of old pub

Former pub to be demolished for new store

Plans to demolish a former pub and replace it with a convenience store have been approved.

The Owd Tatts pub, on Butler Green, Chadderton, is currently boarded up having been closed since 2018 and has become a fly-tipping hotspot according to a councillor.

A CGI design of the convenience store (Image: studioPH architecture)

Now, a convenience store, which will operate between 7am and 11pm and will create 15 jobs, will take the space.

Some residents had opposed the plans due to concerns over parking, a loss of privacy and noise, but the plans have been approved.

New children's home approved

A specialist children’s home has been approved on a residential road in Oldham despite objections from residents.

The home on Oak Close, Werneth will look to provide a new life for young people who have suffered from abuse or neglect, according to applicants Safe Children’s Care. 

Oak Close, Werneth

But more than 20 street residents objected to the plans, claiming the home would exacerbate "existing problems with anti-social behaviour" in the area. 

The plans promised the home will operate "as close to a normal dwellinghouse as possible" while providing therapeutic care "to help [the children] get over the traumas of their earlier childhood". 

No works on home due to Green Belt and golf balls

Plans to redevelop a derelict house in Saddleworth were refused over green belt concerns and a risk of stray golf balls causing harm to the building.

The project was due to be developed on Holmfirth Road, Greenfield, right next to a private golf course and on green belt land.

The proposed layout of the house

The plans looked to add an additional floor and extensions to an existing bungalow at Hollyville Lodge to create a luxury family home. 

But council officers decided the additions were “disproportionate” and would therefore represent an “inappropriate development in the green belt”.