Plans unveiled to transform Tameside area into creative hub to rival Media City - with thousands of new jobs on offer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA masterplan for a Tameside neighbourhood which could create nearly 2,000 new jobs has been unveiled. Tameside’s executive cabinet has approved the creation of an ’emerging masterplan’ for the St Petersfield area of Ashton-under-Lyne.
These include proposals for around 61 new homes, 18,000 sqm of commercial and office floorspace, 4,500sqm of hotel space, and ancillary food and beverage establishments.
There has been a long held vision by the council for the St Petersfield area, which has gone through a number of iterations since development of the area stalled with the 2008 financial crash.
Council leader Brenda Warrington said: “It’s really exciting now that we’re managing to kickstart again some of those initiatives that were there but ended up in the doldrums for quite a long time. “I’m really pleased that this amongst others is now going to become a reality, soon I hope, and will start to put the faith back in the area. “It’s really going to put Tameside on the map as a place to come, a place to set up business, a place to live and a place to be.” Bosses believe that by capitalising on the success of the redevelopment of Ashton Old Baths, the St Petersfield area could become a hub for the growth of the digital, creative and tech sector.
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