April has seen many major planning developments approved throughout the borough of Oldham.
From a new speakeasy to more than 130 new homes, here are some of the biggest planning stories in Oldham this month.
Speakeasy for over-30s gets green light
A proposal for a new speakeasy bar above a salon on Royton's high street has been given the go-ahead.
Blueprints show that a speakeasy-style bar will be opened on the first floor above the Rizz & Company salon on Middleton Road.
The applicant hopes the new venue, called The Trap Door, will offer a blues and jazz-type 'vibe' for people over 30 and will be "somewhere people can relax that's not overcrowded" and it will also offer table service aimed at couples who want a "chilled night out".
The vacant space on the first floor will be transformed into a bar area while the kitchen area will be utilised as women's and men's toilets.
New 13-bed HMO approved
An application to extend a home in Oldham into a 13-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) has been approved.
A detached six-bedroom house on Springbank Street will see the ground floor accommodate seven of the bedrooms, each with their own ensuite.
The ground floor will also have a large lounge and dining room, a separate kitchen and an office space, three of the bedrooms also contain individual cooking facilities.
Meanwhile, the first floor would contain the remaining six bedrooms which each come with an ensuite.
As for parking, the plan outlines four car parking spaces and up to 10 bicycle storage spaces.
More than 130 eco-friendly homes coming to Oldham
More than 130 eco-friendly homes, a third of which will be affordable, are set to be built in Derker after plans were approved.
The homes will be built on four separate plots of unused land, with 47 homes to be built on Abbotsford Road, 29 on Evelyn Street and 28 homes both London Road and Cromford Street respectively.
The homes will be developed by Hive Homes and 43 homes, roughly a third of the total proposed properties, will be made affordable, including 23 which will be affordable rent properties and 20 which will be shared ownership dwellings.
Hive Homes' managing director, Ed Milner, told members of the council's planning committee on April 17 that the affordable social homes will be carbon neutral while the private homes will be developed to a "low carbon standard", which he said is "only just behind the carbon neutral standard".
The planning committee unanimously voted in favour of the proposal.
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