Working together for the future of Oldham
Draft vision for Oldham Town Centre
We’ve set out our vision for building up to 2,000 new homes across five Character Areas in the Town Centre over the next 15 years.
Muse and Oldham Council have formed a long-term partnership to deliver positive change for the town.
We have spent time working through your feedback and have now finalised our Development Framework document, which was endorsed by Oldham Council’s Cabinet on Monday 18th November 2024.
If you have any questions, you can get in contact with us at contact@OldhamTownLiving.co.uk.
Our plans aim to serve the people of Oldham even better by providing a local solution to the national housing crisis.
Our vision for the site sets out what we are calling five Character Areas. Within each area are a number of opportunity sites that could be developed to help achieve our vision.
Area 1
The Civic and Residential Quarter
Area 2
The Retail Core
Area 3
The Cultural & Creative Quarter
Area 4
Eastern Edge and Oldham Mumps
Area 5
Western Edge and Educational Quarter
A partnership between
Aerial of Oldham Town Centre showing proposed Five Character Areas
Our Development Framework proposals
The Development Framework is a document which will guide planning and development in Oldham Town Centre by setting out our vision for up to 2,000 new homes in the Town Centre, across the five Character Areas.
Together, our plans will provide Oldhamers with a better choice and a greater supply of new homes, both available to buy and to rent. In designing and building these new homes, we want to celebrate Oldham’s industrial past while looking towards a bright, modern future. The homes will be built in a safer and healthier environment, prioritising local jobs and learning as part of the wider development of the areas. Our goal is to create an inclusive and welcoming place to live and spend time in, and we want to create the plan in conversation with you. This summer between 24 July 2024 and 11 September 2024, we invited you to find out more about and to get involved in the community conversation. We took your feedback on board and our final plan was endorsed by Oldham Council’s Cabinet on Monday 18th November 2024.
Draft vision for Oldham Town Centre
Watch our webinar
During our community conversation, we hosted a live public webinar where some of you joined us to hear more about our plans and ask your questions.
You can watch the recording back below.
What’s next?
Complete – Summer 2024
Community conversation
Complete – Late summer 2024
Review of conversation feedback and updates made to the Development Framework
Complete – Autumn 2024
Final Development Framework endorsed by Oldham Council on Monday 18th November 2024
Early 2025
Planning applications begin to be brought forward within the Development Framework area (more information will be made available on this website)
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A partnership
committed to deliver
Muse is a nationwide placemaker with almost 40 years of experience in creating mixed-use communities across the UK. This includes ongoing partnership working across Greater Manchester, including delivering regeneration in Prestwich and Stockport.
We have a track record of leading complex, area-wide regeneration projects, and the experience to accelerate new neighbourhoods, with the emphasis on delivery, quality, and sustainability. We’re working with partners in 40 places across the UK from Bradford to Brentford, from Salford to Lewisham, with close to 2,500 new homes and 800,00 sq ft of workspace currently on site and a gross development value of over £1.2bn.
As a network of regional businesses with a shared culture and goals, we combine local insight with the resources and capabilities of a large national player. Our regional teams are based in Salford, Leeds and London.
As part of Morgan Sindall Group, we have the financial strength of a leading UK construction and regeneration group with an annual revenue of £3.2bn behind us.
Our focus is on strong partnerships in the many places we work across the UK and our national strategic joint ventures, The English Cities Fund – with Legal & General and Homes England – and Waterside Places with the Canal & River Trust.
We’re Muse and with Oldham Council we’re building a brighter future, together.
To find out more about Muse, please visit museplaces.com
