Traders delight as developer pulls controversial housing plans for busy industrial estate
Property firm Countryside has withdrawn its proposals for Fieldhouse Industrial Estate, in Rochdale, following fierce opposition to the scheme.
L- R, Paul, Bob and Yvonne Barlow from Pressed Parts, Daid McCann from Pioneer Gas Ltd, Coleen Skeldon from Pressed Parts, Rodney Aspden from Accumac Ltd, John Horne from Dale Event Hire, Neil Fagan from Protec Boxing Rings Ltd, Beverly Horne from Dale Event Hire and Jenny and Ken Lynch from Serious Brewing Company (Image: ABNM Photography)
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Fieldhouse Industrial Estate
Traders are celebrating after a developer pulled controversial plans to demolish a busy industrial estate and build more than 200 homes on the site.
Property firm Countryside has withdrawn its proposals for Fieldhouse Industrial Estate, in Rochdale, following fierce opposition to the scheme.
Around 70 firms operate from the site and businesses claimed that up to 1,000 jobs could be lost should the project go ahead.
Residents also feared the already congested Whitworth Road would not be able to cope with the additional traffic that would be generated.
Council leader Allen Brett had warned Countryside the scheme would not be granted planning permission, as the 13-acre site is earmarked for business and industrial use under council policies.