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Search the Public Notice PortalHomes, stables and a tractor store will be built on the site of farm buildings on the Failsworth greenbelt after a planning application was granted.
The approval means that existing farm buildings will be demolished and two homes, a tractor store, and a stable block will be constructed in their place.
An existing barn will also be converted into an annexe for one of the homes on the land in Medlock Road.
The application is the second one regarding the development, but permission for the first, granted in 2020, has now expired.
The site currently includes stables, a former piggery, and a ménage, which is used for training horses and riders.
The site will see improved access routes and landscaping enhancements.
A planting scheme, which was revised during the planning process, includes 40 new trees and native hedgerows, meeting the council’s biodiversity and tree replacement requirements.
One of the homes will be located within the Woodhouses Conservation Area, while the second, along with the stables and barn conversion, falls within the designated greenbelt.
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Due to the development involving the reuse of previously developed land and the removal or larger, existing structures, planning officers concluded that the development would not adversely affect the openness of the greenbelt.
The layout and scale of the new buildings were deemed to have a neutral impact on the character of the conservation area.
During the consultation stage, concerns were raised by the neighbouring Woodhouses Cricket Club regarding the homes' protection from cricket balls.
The concern said: "We believe that in view of the proposed developments' close proximity to the Cricket Club that it is essential for adequate ball stop netting to be included in any planning consent.
"Furthermore, we are of the view that such netting should be erected on the Applicant's land and not the Cricket Club's.
"In addition, and if possible, it should also be part of the consent that the subsequent maintenance and upkeep of the netting will be the responsibility of the land owner or owners of the proposed houses or both and definitely not the Cricket Club's."
This was accepted by the council and conditions were imposed on the decision, which state that the homes cannot be occupied without the protective measures.
The plans were granted on October 9.
