Here are all the planning applications in Greater Manchester this week.

A new train station in Golborne is the most significant planning application tabled this week.

Greater Manchester and Wigan could soon be welcoming a new rail link to the network in Golborne. The planned station has been in the works for years now, but proposals have officially been submitted for planning permission this week.

If approved, the station would mark the first time in 60 years the town has had a rail link.

More new train stations have been announced this week as well across the city-region, but the Mossley and Greenfield stations already exist. Network Rail is planning an upgrade for both stations and moving Mossley station slightly further down the road.

 Here is a breakdown of each borough’s submitted planning applications this week

Bolton

There are no new significant planning applications that have been submitted to Bolton Council this week.

Bury

Recycling plant being built at ‘rotten stink’ landfill is taller, bigger and in a different location than permitted

A recycling plant being built at a controversial landfill quarry site is taller, bigger and in a different location than the permitted plans.

Last year, Valencia Waste Management Ltd gained approval from Bury council to build a material recycling facility at Pilsworth Landfill, Pilsworth Road, Bury.

The firm has now said the plant, currently under construction, is ‘materially different’ from the permitted development, which is on greenbelt land. In a fresh planning application submitted this week, Valencia said that their plant is being built 15 metres south west of the permitted scheme.

Manchester 

There are no new significant planning applications that have been submitted to Manchester Council this week.

Oldham

Huge Greater Manchester housing development doubles number of affordable homes

A developer has pledged to build more than double the number of affordable homes at a huge project in Oldham. 

More than 190 homes are due to be built on the site of the former Shaw Distribution Centre, with 111 due to be available for shared ownership, affordable rent or sold at a discounted price. The 192 two-storey family homes are the second part of an ongoing transformation of the industrial site off Beal Lane, formerly home to the Very Group. 

A planning application promises a ‘distinct and memorable’ new neighbourhood with good connections to Shaw and the wider region through the nearby M62.

Rochdale

There are no new significant planning applications that have been submitted to Rochdale Council this week.

Salford

A bit of Waterloo Road history will soon be no more

A former school which appeared in episodes of BBC drama Waterloo Road could be demolished under new plans by Salford council. 

St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School was based on Shaftesbury Road in Swinton but moved to new premises in Wardley more than 13 years ago, leaving its old buildings empty. The Shaftesbury Road site could soon be developed by the council to help ‘meet the demand for high quality family and affordable homes’ in the area. 

The buildings have been earmarked for residential development as part of the council’s ‘wider regeneration ambitions’ for the area.

Stockport

Controversial housing plan delayed after confusion about land status

A plan to build over an area used by children to play has been delayed by Stockport council.

Stockport Homes has submitted a planning application to build six bungalows on land off Grafton Street in Heaton Norris, creating homes with disability adaptations for social rent. But locals objected to the plan saying the site has been used by local children “for generations,” and that losing it would leave kids nowhere to ride their bikes or play football.

The application is due to come back to the planning committee in future with an amended report on its status. 

A Stockport council spokesperson confirmed that the application had been deferred from consideration to enable officers to further explore the planning history of the site and the status of the land.

Tameside

The two new Greater Manchester train stations that could be built before 2030

Rail bosses have confirmed two new train stations could be built in Greater Manchester before 2030.

Network Rail plans to relocate Mossley Station 300m down the road as well as upgrade Greenfield Station. Each will see accessibility improvements for the first time in their history.

The platforms at both stations, in the Tameside and Oldham boroughs, will be extended, giving the space for longer services, which would allow more seats for customers.

Following consultation on the plans for both stations, Network Rail are hoping to push through their plans and see building work start by summer 2028. 

Trafford

Bowdon plan for six apartments on ‘Cloud 9’ after bulldozing 100-year-old house

A plan to demolish a detached 1920s house in order to replace it with a six apartments as part of a larger development known as ‘Cloud 9’ in Bowdon has been tabled.

The planning application is for an ‘apartment home’ on two plots at Bow Green Road. This follows approval of plans to also build two new semi-detached homes following the demolition of the 100-year-old house.

Wigan

Wigan set to get first new train station in 60 years

Plans have been submitted for the first new train station in the Wigan area for 60 years.

Proposals for the construction of a two-platform station at Golborne have appeared on the council’s planning portal. They include a pedestrian life and bridge, parking, lighting, landscaping and public realm areas.

The station will be on the West Coast  Main Line, five miles south of the Wigan North Western station and a mile north of Golborne Junction – near to the site of the previous Golborne station which closed in the 1960s.

Detailed plans for huge industrial site near M6 junction submitted

More detailed plans have been submitted for a major employment site where there was once an open cast mine, near Junction 25 of the M6 at Wigan have been tabled.

Under the proposals, existing public rights of way (PROW) would be ‘extinguished’ and replaced with new routes – including a three-metre wide bridleway. The plans – known as a reserved matters planning application – for the 1.1m sq ft ‘Symmetry Park’ include the clearance of the land and the construction of a road along with a shared pedestrian footpath and cycleway.

Applicant Tritax Symmetry (Wigan) Ltd wants to make the site ‘oven ready’ for development so it can ‘quickly respond to occupier interest in competitive regional market’.