Rochdale Growth Plan 2020-2030
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Rochdale Growth Plan 2020-2030 Your next investment opportunity 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 1 24/02/2020 12:45 Rochdale We’re in prime position Rochdale is ideal for both work and play. While businesses love our location in the north east of Greater Manchester, within ROCHDALE easy reach of major cities like Manchester TOWN CENTRE Leeds and Leeds and in the centre of the UK, M62 we’re also in the foothills of the Pennines METROLINK and surrounded by the kind of beautiful Bury countryside which makes people want to M62 TRAIN M627(M) M66 create a home here. Bolton M60 Oldham 35 minutes to M61 Manchester Airport 15 minutes to MANCHESTER Manchester city centre by train 42 minutes to M602 CITY Leeds city centre CENTRE Tameside 1 hour to M62 M60 M67 Sheffield Liverpool city centre Liverpool M60 Trafford Stockport TRAIN M56 AIRPORT Rochdale borough growth plan 2020-2030 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 2 24/02/2020 12:45 Growth Plan 2020-2030 Be part of our transformation We’ve already invested millions in recent years, laying strong foundations for the continuing transformation of the borough’s economy and the ideal springboard for further investment. While much has already been done, we’ll In addition, £21m of funding devolved be doing more to strengthen the borough’s to Greater Manchester is currently economy in the next ten years to create supporting our plans. more jobs, better paid jobs and quality Our Growth Plan will be delivered alongside housing, and to provide residents and a new Inclusive Skills, Work and Health Plan business with improved transport and to ensure our residents benefit from the digital infrastructure. new opportunities this growth will bring. The council has already committed £86m A comprehensive support package will help capital investment to kickstart this plan, new businesses who want to invest in the which aims to deliver: borough. We are open for business and look Collaboration will be key to delivering our 2 forward to working with you. - 1 million m of new employment space scale of ambition. We have a strong track - 20,000 new jobs record of successfully delivering major - 12,000 new homes, prioritising investment projects with our partners, brownfield land in sustainable locations including Kingsway business park, and the Rochdale Riverside retail and leisure - Transformation of brownfield sites development. Our vision for the borough around key transport hubs has also been endorsed nationally - Major improvements to the public realm with £58m being invested to date by and heritage offer organisations including the Environment Agency, Highways England, Homes England, the Heritage Lottery Fund Councillor Allen Brett and MHCLG. Leader, Rochdale Borough Council 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 3 24/02/2020 12:45 Major growth projects 3 3 M66 4 3 4 2 3 M62 2 2 1 5 4 1 M60 Rochdale borough growth plan 2020-2030 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 4 24/02/2020 12:45 2 Key Employment 1 1 Kingsway Business Park 2 Stakehill Industrial Estate 3 Advanced Manufacturing Park 6 4 South Heywood Town centres 1 1 Rochdale 2 Littleborough 3 Heywood 4 Middleton M62 Residential development 1 Langley 2 North Middleton 2 3 Castleton 4 South Heywood 5 East Middleton 6 Rochdale Station Gateway A627 (M) Better connected 1 Middleton Metrolink 2 Junction 19 M62 Link Road 3 Junction 18A M62 4 East Lancs Railway Tram Train Calder Valley Rail Corridor Motoway network 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 5 24/02/2020 12:46 Residential development Our population is young and growing. We plan to deliver the right number of homes in Anti-clockwise from below left: sustainable locations ensuring a good range of quality, well designed and affordable Kingsway housing; Central Park, Rochdale; housing that can attract and retain residents. Greenbooth Village, Norden; Miall Street Interchange; New plots in North Middleton; Central Park, Rochdale; Central Park, Rochdale Over the next 10 years we will: - Allocate land for a minimum of 12,000 - Build a minimum of 640 new homes per - Assemble and bring forward land new homes, to include affordable and year, to include sites earmarked for high around Castleton railway station to higher value housing, with a focus on value housing. accommodate over 2,000 new homes re-using brownfield land in accessible or - Complete the regeneration of land within supporting the planned expansion sustainable locations. the Langley, Kirkholt and East Central of the tram – train to Heywood and - Deliver a minimum of 2,000 new Rochdale areas to create sustainable the extension of the East Lancashire residential units within our principal communities providing quality and heritage railway. town centres of Heywood, Littleborough, affordable housing with investment in - Redevelop vacant land around Mills Hill Middleton and Rochdale. community facilities and infrastructure. in East Middleton to accommodate at - Work with landowners and transport - Deliver over 1,500 high quality family least 400 high quality, family homes. operators to provide land for a minimum of homes and social infrastructure in new 7,500 new homes along the Calder Valley communities at North Middleton and railway line. South Heywood. Rochdale borough growth plan 2020-2030 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 6 24/02/2020 12:46 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 7 24/02/2020 12:46 Town centres The borough’s town centres offer space for businesses from a range of sectors to grow, Anti-clockwise from below left: create employment and provide a range of leisure facilities and events space for both Littleborough Centre; Rochdale Town Hall Square; residents and visitors to enjoy. Middleton Arena; Rochdale Station Gateway; new cinema in Rochdale town centre; Mutual Mills, Heywood Over the next 10 years we will: - Restore the spectacular grade I listed - Invest in improved walking/cycling routes - Establish a University Centre in Rochdale Rochdale Town Hall and its surrounding and public transport infrastructure to town centre, offering a range of courses area to create a major heritage and visitor support our town centres. supporting growth sectors of the attraction with a brand new public square. - Deliver residential masterplans to provide economy. - Develop the Greater Manchester Fire a minimum of 2,000 new residential - Transform the area around Rochdale and Rescue Service Museum to create units within our principal town centres of railway station to create a new high a brand new visitor attraction, in a Heywood, Littleborough, Middleton and quality gateway into the borough, with refurbished fire station on Maclure Road Rochdale. over 1,000 homes, commercial and retail with flexible office space for more than - Complete the £2m Heritage Action Zone space, park and ride and passenger 75 creative and digital businesses. programme, re-using heritage assets for facilities, and a new public square with - Complete the Rochdale Riverside residential or commercial uses within enhanced walking and cycle routes. development, comprising a mix of new Rochdale town centre. - Attract new businesses to our town centres retail and leisure, a six-screen cinema, with incentives and ongoing support. residential, offices and a hotel. Rochdale borough growth plan 2020-2030 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 8 24/02/2020 12:46 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 9 24/02/2020 12:46 Employment The creation of new and better jobs is vital for the prosperity of the borough. Anti-clockwise from below: We are planning for a wide range of new employment sites, all with close links Dachser at Kingsway; Zen Internet Headquarters at to the motorway network, existing or planned public transport routes. Sandbrook Park; Lock 50 business centre; Office space at Number One Riverside; Source Bioscience at Kingsway; South Heywood employment site; Tetrosyl headquarters; Over the next 10 years we will: - Further develop Kingsway, the premier - Continue the development of the South - Develop a network of high quality, business park in the North West, which Heywood employment area and work flexible office accommodation across will provide around 500,000m2 of new with partners to establish an Advanced the borough, offering facilities for the employment space and over 7,000 jobs Manufacturing Park, which will include creative and digital sectors alongside once complete. specialist premises and facilities to professional services. - Develop plans to accommodate a further pilot particular application of advanced - Commence the phased expansion of 1 million m2 of new employment space materials. The park will be integrated with Stakehill Industrial Estate in Middleton. along the M62 corridor, delivering around new digital and transport infrastructure 20,000 new jobs. and linked to universities, colleges, schools - Complete the M62 Junction 19 link road and specialist business support. at South Heywood to improve access to - Construct new industrial units across existing business parks and release further the borough to meet the demand from employment land. growing businesses. Rochdale borough growth plan 2020-2030 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 10 24/02/2020 12:46 9333_RBC_RDA_GrowthPlan_260x190mm_16pp_V3.indd 11 24/02/2020 12:46 Better connected Lying between the major cities of Manchester and Leeds, served by four motorways, Anti-clockwise from below: and benefitting from direct rail and tram links to Manchester and the airport, we are an Local full