'Dozens of new homes and new café': Everything due to be decided by the planning committee this week

A historic farm house could be transformed into a huge new housing development, if plans are approved.

The planning committee is set to meet this week in Rochdale to decide on a number of significant applications put before the council. One of which is the plan to build 57 new homes on the site of Silver Hill Farmhouse next to Kingsway Business Park.

As part of the plans, the Grade II listed buildings would be transformed into large four bedroom and five bedroom homes - with the rest of the site being levelled to make way for the other 53 homes.

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Two other applications to be discussed have already been refused by the planning team. The Department for Work and Pensions distribution centre redevelopment plan in Heywood was refused for its poor design and scale back in December 2023 - now the applicant is appealing the decision.

The committee has been told they should rescind one of their reasonings for refusal due to a lack of evidence. The other application relates to a new café and farm shop for Bank Top Farm in Littleborough.

This plan was refused by officers due to the harm it could cause to green belt land, but the applicants resubmitted the plans which will now be discussed by the committee on May 23 in Number One Riverside building.

Details on each application due to be discussed…

The Grade II Listed building, Silver Hill Farmhouse, could be partly demolished and refurbished as part of a 57-home development.

The works would see outbuildings on the 2.28 acre plot demolished and the old farmhouse restored back to being a five-bedroom property. Additionally, the barn would be