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More than a hundred new ‘affordable’ homes are planned for the site of a former railway in Oldham that has been left vacant for several years.

If approved, developers Vestry Group and social housing provider First Choice Homes Oldham intend to deliver 147 homes, 90 of which will be for social rent, while 40 will be available for shared ownership and nine for rent-to-buy.

Plans submitted to Oldham Council show the 50 new houses and two blocks with 97 apartments arranged on either side of a new road connecting the A62 Oldham Way Route to Southlink.

Surrounded by greenery and cushioned from the noise of the main road by acoustic protection, the new homes are supposed to provide ‘an attractive, high quality’ housing offer, according to the developers.

Mark Gifford OBE, chi

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