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THESE ARE ALL THE SIGNIFICANT PLANNING DEVELOPMENTS TABLED WITH COUNCILS ACROSS THE CITY-REGION RECENTLY 19:29, 30 May 2025 A huge apartment block where an old nightclub used to be is one of

the key developments planned for Greater Manchester this week. What used to be Riley’s Snooker Club on Oldham’s King Street is set to be transformed, if plans are approved. A total of 120

apartments are earmarked for the site as well as a mix of shops, cafes or leisure offers. Elsewhere, in Manchester’s city centre, there are yet more delays for the regeneration of one of the

city’s most iconic Victorian mills. Hotspur Press, or Medlock Mill as it’s otherwise known, has been touted for redevelopment for years, but the planning process has been very stop-start.

Another change to the proposals has now been put forward. _Here is a breakdown of each borough’s submitted planning applications this week_ MANCHESTER Article continues below THEY FEAR IT

COULD COLLAPSE, BUT THE REGENERATION OF A VICTORIAN CITY CENTRE MILL IS BEING DELAYED AGAIN The regeneration of a Victorian city centre mill is being delayed AGAIN as developers have changed

its appearance after winning planning permission. Hotspur Press, also known as Medlock Mill, is derelict after shutting down as a printing press in 1996. Plans to build a 36-storey student

tower and keep the original façade was given planning permission in May 2024 — but a year on, work hasn’t started yet. The new student tower was initially clad in redbrick panels, but this

was changed earlier this year to be anodised metal, appearing to be grey-silver. Last week, Manner revised its appearance to be bronze. Read more here OLDHAM HUGE APARTMENT BLOCK WITH 120

HOMES SET TO BE BUILT ON SITE OF FORMER SNOOKER CLUB Plans for a multi-storey apartment block on the site of a former snooker hall and nightclub in Oldham are set to be approved. Riley’s

Snooker Club on King Street was approved for demolition in March, with works currently underway. In its stead, architects Footprint Design have proposed a staggered six, nine and eleven

storey building with 120 apartments. The designs feature a mixture of 57 one-bedroom, 61 two bedroom and 2 three-bedroom units on the upper floors. The ground floor will include 15 car

parking spaces and 5,700 square feet of commercial space, which could be used for shops, cafes or leisure offers. READ MORE HERE ROCHDALE PLANS TO TRANSFORM FUNERAL DIRECTORS INTO A HMO A

funeral directors in the centre of Heywood could soon be transformed into housing. A proposal tabled by Thomas Lloyd would see the Bethel Street site converted into a four-bedroom house of

multiple occupation (HMO). The building was previously used as a chapel of rest, but now lies vacant. The property would have four bedrooms and a shared kitchen, making it a HMO. SALFORD THE

TRANSFORMATION OF AN ‘AGEING’ INDUSTRIAL SITE An ‘ageing’ industrial site in Salford is set to be transformed. Plans have been shared by Bidfood to build a new distribution centre in the

city, on a site based at Langley Road in Pendleton. The 63,000 square metre space could be turned into a place for the company to store and ship out its products, which are used across the

UK. It includes a temperature-controlled warehouse with offices, and a car park with 275 spaces. The land is used by ‘ageing industrial units’ which are set to be demolished, as well as

removing an existing Bidfood facility to make way for the development. Article continues below READ MORE HERE