New housing in Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
We read Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 13,027 of its planning applications going back to 1998, and 103 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 232% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 232% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 13,027
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 92 | 33 | 13 |
| 2025 | 83 | 54 | 18 |
| 2024 | 92 | 65 | 12 |
| 2023 | 106 | 77 | 15 |
| 2022 | 125 | 84 | 26 |
| 2021 | 109 | 75 | 16 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 440 | Land At Lumb Lane Droylsden Tameside Request for a Screening Opinion in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Town & County Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (EIA Regulations) for the proposed development of up to 440 no. dwellings… 26/00433/ENV | Decided | 21 May 2026 |
| 440 | Land South Of Hyde Request for a screening opinion in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations with respect to proposed residential development, comprising approximately 440 dwellings… 24/00480/ENV | Approved | 20 May 2024 |
| 175 | Land Off Huddersfield Road, Mossley Reserved matters application for 175 dwellings with associated works pursuant to outline planning permission 18/00159/OUT (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping). 26/00004/REM | Approved | 9 Mar 2026 |
| 36 | The Hurst Laundry 1930 Ltd Holden Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9JB Co-living scheme (Sui Generis) comprising 36 units (incl. ensuite and kitchenettes), shared communal kitchen/dining facilities, communal social space and gym, a publicly accessible café and launderette (Use Class E) and… 26/00100/FUL | Decided | 7 Apr 2026 |
| 35 | Site Of The Old Denton Swimming Baths Victoria Street Denton Erection of new apartment block to provide 35 no. affordable apartments, including access, parking, amenity space and landscaping, and associated works to facilitate the development. 24/00655/FUL | Approved | 12 Jul 2024 |
| 32 | Britannia Mill Manchester Road Mossley Tameside OL5 9AJ Conversion and Extensions to Britannia Mill to form 32 no. Residential Apartments along with car parking areas, landscaping and associated works 26/00292/FUL | Decided | 4 Sept 2026 |
| 32 | Site Of Former North Star Public House Queen Street Dukinfield Tameside SK16 4JD Outline application for residential development, 32 apartments (Use Class C3) (with landscaping matters reserved) 26/00191/OUT | Decided | 17 Mar 2026 |
| 20 | 25 Russell Street Ashton-under-lyne Tameside OL6 9QS Application for refurbishment of existing vacant building and change of use to create 20 apartments and associated storage. Associated works include landscaping and elevational improvements. 24/00795/FUL | Approved | 3 Sept 2024 |
| 18 | Land Off Quarry Street Stalybridge SK15 1SH Erection of a 3 storey building to provide 18no affordable apartments, including car parking, landscaping and other associated works. 24/01022/FUL | Approved | 29 Nov 2024 |
| 17 | Britannia New Mill Queen Street Mossley Tameside OL5 9AQ Redevelopment of a brownfield site to provide 17 dwellings and a 32-unit apartment building, with associated access, parking and landscaping. 26/00098/FUL | Decided | 9 Mar 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.