Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has resolved to grant planning consent for revised proposals for 2,150 new homes at Godley Green Garden Village.

The news follows a £17.4m funding deal towards upfront enabling works and supporting infrastructure from Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Godley Green Garden Village will provide up to 2,150 new homes, in addition to a host of community facilities and amenities, including a new primary school, sports pitches, two local centres. allotments, extensive play areas, parks and formal gardens, plus natural greenspaces.

In summer 2024 the Council entered an agreement with developer MADE Partnership to progress delivery arrangements for Godley Green Garden Village.

Councillor Eleanor Wills, Leader of Tameside Council, said: “This resolution to grant consent is ultimately the result of our forming a strategic partnership with MADE so that we could address the opportunity in the best possible way, and I look forward to watching its progress.”

The MADE Partnership and Tameside venture will be responsible for overseeing and managing the development of the garden village over the next 15 years.

Made Partnership is a joint venture between Barratt Redrow, Homes England and Lloyds Banking Group.

It will fund and install the primary and community infrastructure, create serviced parcels of land for housebuilders to build a variety of private and affordable homes, deliver an ambitious social value strategy and ensure robust long-term stewardship is put in place.

Stephen Kinsella, managing director MADE Partnership, said: “This is a major step forward after a considerable amount of hard work and constructive engagement with our partners at Tameside Council and key stakeholders.

“We are planning a high-quality development where green space and community facilities are at the heart of its design.  Godley Green Garden Village will be a place where residents will be proud to live, work and relax.”

MADE Partnership aims to submit a reserved matters planning application for the infrastructure required for the East Village in the Spring, with an initial housebuilding reserved matters application following shortly after.