Tameside Council has resolved to grant planning consent for updated proposals for Godley Green Garden Village, agreed on 18 March, paving the way for up to 2,150 homes alongside extensive community amenities and accessible green space.

The decision follows confirmation of £17.4 million from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority towards upfront enabling works and supporting infrastructure, allocated through the latest round of the GM Good Growth funding.

The scheme will deliver a mix of housing and facilities, including a new primary school, sports pitches, two local centres offering retail, leisure, health care and community services, allotments, extensive play areas, parks, formal gardens and natural greenspaces. The project aims to set a benchmark for the planning and delivery of new communities.

In summer 2024, the Council, acting as applicant, entered into an agreement with MADE Partnership to take forward delivery arrangements for the development.

Councillor 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."

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The joint venture between Tameside and MADE will oversee and manage the build-out over roughly 15 years, setting the overall vision and strategy and coordinating the many stakeholders involved.

MADE Partnership is a joint venture between Barratt Redrow plc, Homes England and Lloyds Banking Group, established to bring the expertise, ambition and financial capacity needed to deliver large-scale, complex projects such as Godley Green. It will fund and install primary and community infrastructure, prepare serviced plots for housebuilders to deliver a variety of private and affordable homes, implement an ambitious social value strategy, and ensure robust long-term stewardship.

The Council and MADE Partnership have reviewed and refined the previously approved proposals to ensure the permission is deliverable. Additional technical and design work has been completed, and amendments - together with revisions to the consolidation of planning conditions and contributions to community infrastructure—have now been approved by the Council.

Cllr Wills said: "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."

MADE Partnership intends to submit a reserved matters planning application for the East Village infrastructure in the spring, followed shortly by an initial reserved matters application for housebuilding.

Alongside financial contributions through a S106 Agreement to support local infrastructure and community facilities, MADE Partnership will deliver a wide-ranging programme of initiatives for the local community. It has also announced sponsorship of two local grassroots sports clubs, providing junior development funding at Hyde Cricket and Squash Club and shirt sponsorship for the women’s team at Hyde United Football Club.