Plans for 312 homes in Littleborough submitted

The site, off Hollingworth Road, is currently farmland

A huge plan to build more than 300 ‘high-quality’ homes and a school in Littleborough has been submitted to Rochdale Council. Bloor Homes has submitted proposals for 312 homes; a primary school; and an extension to the car park at Hollingworth Lake Country Park.

The majority of the homes would have four bedrooms – 122. There will also be three and five-bed homes. A total of 47 two and three-bedroom homes would be be available for rent at social housing rates.

The site, off Hollingworth Road, is currently farmland. A new park and a tree-lined ‘green corridor’ linking Rochdale Canal to Hollingworth Lake and a circular footpath network are also planned.

Developers have committed to the ‘future homes standard’, meaning every property will be energy efficient. There are plans for electric vehicle charting points, as well as super-fast broadband to every home.

A ‘hybrid’ application has been tabled with the council – for full planning permission for homes as well as outline planning permission for a new primary school off Rakewood Road.

Planning papers describe the school as being at ‘the gateway’ to the land. Sports pitches and play areas are planned as part of that aspect of the proposals.

Some 140 new parking spaces along Rakewood Road are included in the plans. James Clark, regional managing director for Bloor Homes, said previously: “We are delighted to be bringing forward these detailed proposals for new homes in Littleborough.

“We have given great consideration to ensure we can sensitively deliver the new homes that Rochdale Council earmarked the site for during the Places for Everyone process and we look forward to hearing what the community has to say.

“As a highly regarded 5-star homebuilder focussed on quality and placemaking our objective is to deliver a new neighbourhood that will have a distinctive layout, with a central parkland that providing a green corridor from Rochdale Canal through to Hollingworth Lake, retaining existing trees, hedgerows and planting new throughout the development.”

George Lythgoe, local democracy reporter