Homes, Spaces, Places

Help shape the future of housing and spaces in Tameside.

What is Homes Spaces Places?

Homes, Spaces, Places (HSP) is Tameside Council’s Local Plan, complementing the Greater Manchester Places for Everyone strategy. It sets out a long-term vision and planning framework for Tameside up to 2042, focusing on:

Housing: Delivering suitable and affordable homes.
Jobs & Economy: Supporting growth and vibrant town centres.
Transport: Improving travel and reducing congestion.
Environment: Responding to climate change and protecting biodiversity.
Places & Heritage: Enhancing character and identity.
Community Infrastructure: Health, education, and social facilities.

The plan allocates land for development and protection, establishes detailed policies, and ensures infrastructure delivery

Current stage: Preferred Options Consultation (Friday 19 Dec 2025 – Friday 20 February 2026) invites public feedback on proposed policies and site allocations.

Why it matters

Shapes Tameside’s future – deciding where homes, jobs, and services will go.
Supports growth and sustainability – balancing development with climate goals.
Protects what’s important – green spaces, heritage, and community character.
Improves everyday life – better transport, housing choices, and local facilities.
Your voice counts – plans are based on public input.

What's happened so far

Consultation Stages

Scoping > Options and Preferences > Preferred Options Plan

2023: Scoping Report published to define priorities and assessment framework.

2024: An initial consultation gathered views on key issues. We consulted on a scoping and issues plan contains the seven key themes from 8 July 2024 to 16 September 2024. Find out more about the Scoping stage

2025: The Options and Preferences consultation launched (April–June), presenting draft policies and site proposals for comment. Find out more about the Options and preferences stage

2025-2026: Preferred Option consultation. This consultation ran from 19 December 2025 to 20 February 2026. The responses to the consultation can be found below.

Notice of update to the consultation

The Council adjusted its Homes, Spaces, Places Preferred Option Consultation Draft Local Plan and supporting information on 23 December 2025. Please can you ensure when responding to the consultation that you review the updated version of the plan which is now available using the link further down this page.

What is the change?

The housing and employment allocation HSP S2E: Allocation 1: Land northwest of Junction 24 has been removed from the plan. Consequential amendments to Policy HSP S2E: Audenshaw have been made to remove reference to the allocation in the policy text and renumber the remaining development allocations and the policy criteria.

Consequential amendments have been made elsewhere in the plan and supporting information to remove reference to the allocation, namely removing a criterion from Policy HSP S2F: Denton that referenced the allocation and renumbering of the remaining policy criteria, revising the housing and employment land supply figures throughout Chapter 5 Spatial Framework, and updating the page numbering and contents pages.

Separately there have been some typographical corrections made at points throughout the plan.

Why has this change been made?

After further consideration, the allocation is not considered likely to be substantively deliverable within the plan period and therefore has been removed as an allocation and from the indicated housing and employment land supply within the plan.

Get involved

Take part in the survey

Key Documents

Read the Preferred Options Plan

View the Policies Map

Supporting Documents

If you wish to propose new or revised policies, or suggest sites to the council for development, protection or designation for particular purposes, you should provide as much evidence as possible to support this.

View the plans in person

Documents can also be viewed both electronically or in paper form at the Council’s main office in Ashton-under-Lyne and other Tameside Council libraries during their normal opening hours during the consultation period see https://www.tameside.gov.uk/libraries/openingtimes for library opening hours.

Attend a drop-in session

We will be holding drop-in sessions across the borough at the following locations so you can some along and have your say in the proposed plans.

Wednesday 7 January, 3pm- 7pm - Denton
Tameside Wellness Centre, Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze Way, Manchester M34 3RD

Friday 9 January, 3:30pm-7pm – Mossley
Mossley Community Centre, Roughtown Rd, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL5 0SG

Monday 12 January, 1pm-5pm - Longendale
Hattersley Library, The Hub, Stockport Road, Hattersley, SK14 6NT

Wednesday 14 January, 4pm-7pm – Droylsden
Active Medlock, Gardenfold Way, Manchester, M43 7XU

Thursday 15 January, 11am-3pm – Dukinfield
The Together Centre, 287 Birch Ln, Dukinfield SK16 5AU

Saturday 17 January, 9am-1pm – Hyde
Clarendon Square Shopping Centre, 111-113 The Mall, Hyde SK14 2QT

Wednesday 21 January, 1pm-5pm – Stalybridge
Stalybridge Library, 1 Trinity St, Stalybridge SK15 3DN

Thursday 22 January,1pm - 5pm – Ashton
Ashton Library, Tameside One Market Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL6 6BH

Wednesday 28 January, 3pm-7pm – Audenshaw
Ryecroft Hall, Manchester Rd, Manchester M34 5ZJ

Wednesday 4 February, 10:30am-3:30pm - Denton
The Oasis Community Resource Centre, Tatton road, Haughton Green, Denton, M34 7PL

Book an Appointment

If you would like to discuss this consultation or ask any questions before making your comments, you can book a telephone appointment with a planning officer. Appointments run for up to 20mins.

To book an appointment please call 0161 342 8355, selecting option 4.

Email enquiries to: planpolicy@tameside.gov.uk

Submission of comments

In addition to the online form, responses to the consultation can be submitted by email or by post using the details below. If submitting a response via email or post please ensure you include your name and references to the Homes, Spaces, Places policy numbers, allocation numbers or chapters/subheadings the response refers to. Responses cannot be made in confidence; see the ‘Treatment of comments’ section at the bottom of this page for information.

Online form: Take part in the survey
Email: planpolicy@tameside.gov.uk
Post: Planning Policy Team

Tameside One
PO Box 304
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
OL6 0GA

What are the next steps?

The plan will be submitted for independent examination before adoption.
We will continue engaging with residents, businesses, and stakeholders throughout the process.

Treatment of comments

As an open and transparent process, responses in full, including a respondent’s name will be available to view publicly and therefore cannot be made in confidence, although personal information such as postal and email addresses alongside signatures and phone numbers will be redacted. In addition, where respondents suggest sites to the Council, a map showing the location of the submitted sites, the use they have been suggested for and details of who has put the site forward will be published.
Redacted comments will be summarised using Plan AI, an advanced language model, to support the council in analysing consultation responses. These summaries will then be reviewed by planning officers before being published.
We will process your data and information in accordance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Respondents should be aware of the Council’s privacy noticein responding to the consultation: Privacy Policy
We do not sell your information to other organisations. We do not move your information beyond the UK. We do not use your information for automated decision making.

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