Brownfield land in Tameside: 204 sites on the register
Part of development land in Greater Manchester — 2,321 sites across 10 councils.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has published 204 brownfield sites in Tameside on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 102.8 hectares with an estimated capacity of 6,280 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Tameside register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Robertson's Jam Factory, Fitzroy Street, Audenshaw, M43 7BY | 8.08 | 338 | permissioned |
| Former Two Trees School, 101 Two Trees Lane, Denton, M34 7QL | 7.83 | 274 | not yet |
| Former Hartshead High School, Greenhurst Road, Ashton-under-Lyne | 6.13 | 195 | permissioned |
| Former Newton Printworks (ABC Wax), Clarendon Road, Hyde, SK14 2LJ | 5.69 | 122 | not yet |
| Plevins, Plevins, Cheshire Street, Mossley, OL5 9NG | 3.74 | 187 | not yet |
| Harrop Street and Shepley Street, UDP Allocation E2(9), Harrop Street, Stalybridge | 3.70 | 210 | not yet |
| Former site of Oldham Batteries on west side of Edward Street, Edward Street, Denton | 3.26 | 145 | permissioned |
| Former Carrfield Mills site, Newton Street, Hyde, SK14 4NR | 2.77 | 60 | permissioned |
Source: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Tameside register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 6,280 is what the council thinks Tameside’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Tameside
- Development land in Tameside
- How much brownfield land is there in Tameside?
- Where can I build houses in Tameside?
- Tameside land availability assessment
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