Greater Manchester Development Update - Cllr Arooj Shah, leader, Oldham Council

1. Creating a Better Place
Oldham Council

2. Welcome to Oldham

3. Unlocking investment – driving change
• Transforming Oldham through
town centre regeneration
• £285m investment
• 2,000 quality homes
• 1,000 jobs
• 100 apprenticeships.

5. by…
• building quality homes
• providing opportunities to learn,
develop new skills and gain employment
• having a diverse culture, leisure and night-time
economy
• attracting, retaining and growing businesses
• ensuring a safer, healthier, and friendlier environment
• ensuring Oldham is green, clean and sustainable.

6. Key projects
• Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre
• Town Centre Linear Park
• Theatre and performance space
• Northern Roots Country Park
• Many projects backed by successful bids to
– Future High Street Fund
– Towns Fund.

7. A closer look

8. A closer look
• Purchased for £9.5m
• Safeguards a key building at the heart of the town centre
• Releases existing Tommyfield Market site for new homes and
town centre linear park
• Releases Civic Centre site for new homes
• Working closely with community to shape plans.

9. A closer look

10. • A real USP for Oldham
• Connecting the existing and new parts of our town centre
• Green space in the heart of our town centre
• Opportunity to incorporate commercial space alongside residential
• Boosted by Accessible Oldham – £16m scheme to improve walking and
cycling routes and public realm
• Supports Green New Deal – to be the greenest borough in GM.
A closer look

11. A closer look

12. A closer look
• Five minutes from Oldham Town Centre
• Supported by Towns Fund
• Creating jobs, skills and business opportunities
for local people
• Anchor development – Alexandra Park Eco Centre
due to begin soon
• First phase of Eco Centre will provide Oldham Council’s
Parks Team with new workspace
• Masterplan consultation open now www.northern-roots.uk

13. Next steps
• Community consultation launching soon
• Local feedback essential in shaping detailed plans
• We want to work with partners who share this ambition
• Committed to measuring, managing and reporting social value
• A thriving town with thriving communities
Watch this space!