Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has resolved to grant planning consent for revised proposals for the Godley Green Garden Village development.
The scheme will provide up to 2,150 new homes in addition to a host of community facilities and amenities, including a new primary school, sports pitches, two local centres offering retail, leisure, healthcare and community facilities, allotments, extensive play areas, parks and formal gardens, plus natural green spaces.
In summer 2024, the council, in its role as applicant, entered into an agreement with MADE Partnership – a joint venture between Barratt Redrow, Homes England and Lloyds Banking Group – to progress delivery arrangements for Godley Green Garden Village.
The MADE Partnership and Tameside venture will be responsible for overseeing and managing the development of the garden village, taking responsibility for the overall vision and strategy, and coordinating the wide range of stakeholders involved.
Eleanor Wills, leader of Tameside Council, said: “This resolution to grant consent is ultimately the result of our forming a strategic partnership with MADE so that we could address the opportunity in the best possible way, and I look forward to watching its progress.”
She added: “The designs not only consider the importance of infrastructure and green spaces, but also the mix of people that come together to make a proper community. Godley Green will have homes for young couples and families, retirees, and single people, offering a range of sizes and tenures. We’ll create a natural, representative community from the outset, that works for toddlers all the way to their grandparents. The development has been thought through very carefully indeed and will be a welcome addition to Tameside whilst helping us fulfil our obligations to central government to provide more high-quality homes as our population grows.”
Stephen Kinsella, managing director of MADE Partnership, said: “This is a major step forward after a considerable amount of hard work and constructive engagement with our partners at Tameside Council and key stakeholders. We are planning a high quality development where green space and community facilities are at the heart of its design. Godley Green Garden Village will be a place where residents will be proud to live, work and relax.”
MADE Partnership aims to submit a reserved matters planning application for the infrastructure required for the East Village in the spring, with an initial housebuilding reserved matters application following shortly after.
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