Mackie Mayor style food hall one step closer to reality for Greater Manchester town

A new food hall in Hyde as well as an Aldi and drive-thru Costa in Hattersley have been given the green light.

The retail park would be accessed via Stockport Road with eight employment units and electric vehicle charging facilities to go alongside the food store and coffee shop. The applicant claimed this could create hundreds of new jobs and boost the economy of Hattersley as a whole - stopping the need to leave the area to get food and work.

Three other applications were granted approval by the panel sitting in Guardsman Tony Downes House in Droylsden on April 17.

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A significant development included outline permission for a new food hall and 21 apartments at the back of the current Poundstretcher site in Hyde town centre. Despite objectors in the room describing the application as ‘ill-thought out’, referencing the lack of parking and the scale of the development, it still got the nod of approval from the panel.

Another outline application in Hyde was granted permission for the plan to create a 14-home apartment block in place of the McKenzie garages site off Kirkley Street.

Outline planning applications are used to gain an understanding as to whether the nature of a development is acceptable, which can help ensure viability up front. Further applications including more detail about the design of the proposals would be required before building work could commence.

The last item to be approved by the panel was the conversion of the Hollies building in Hollingworth that has been vacant for some time. It will be transformed into a temporary home for vulnerable people to use.

Here is more detail of each application