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Former storage premises for the Department for Work and Pensions in Heywood are set to be demolished to make way for a new 465,000 sq ft logistics hub.
Rochdale Council had initially turned down the plan from developer Trammell Crow Co Logistics during a planning committee session in December 2023, labelling the project off Manchester Road as too large and a case of 'overdevelopment'. This decision has been overturned following an appeal, reports the Manchester Evening News.
In a hearing before the Planning Inspectorate, both sides presented their cases along with Russell Homes – the developers orchestrating the ambitious £400m masterplan designed to catalyse employment opportunities, construct new homes, and enhance transportation infrastructures around Heywood. Russell Homes suggested that the logistics hub could negatively impact the market value
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