Dozens of 'high quality' new homes to be built at former soccer village site
direct to your inboxDozens of new homes are to be built on a former soccer village site in Rochdale.The now defunct-sports centre, off Wildhouse Lane, will be demolished to make way for 47 houses, ranging from two bedroom to five-bedroom properties.Rochdale council’s planning committee has given the go-ahead for the scheme, including six bungalows on a ‘small parcel’ of green belt land.Tom Whitehead of developer Lancet Homes told a meeting of the committee the firm had an ‘excellent track record’ of creating high quality schemes, often working in partnership with local authorities.He added: “Rochdale is a key location for investment and growth and we want to drive increased confidence in the borough, especially in these uncertain times.”The