East Central Rochdale
Big changes are taking place in East Central Rochdale - an area that contains the six neighbourhoods of Wardleworth, Town Head, Hamer, Mayfield, Cloverhall and Bellshill.
We are aiming to make East Central Rochdale a thriving, safe and desirable place to live, by offering people a wider choice of property types; improving community safety and the environment and making the most of the area’s natural advantages, such as the River Roch and the closeness of Rochdale town centre and the emerging Kingsway Business Park.
Local communities are playing a key role, by taking part in consultation events and giving their views on what they would like to see in the future.
Work has begun to prepare the site of the former Dale and Arkwright Mills for 83 new eco-friendly homes. And attractive new homes are almost complete at Nelson Place in Wardleworth, expected to be ready for families to move into by December 2008.
Dozens of homes are benefiting from ‘facelifting’ refurbishment, with new walls and railings, years of grime removed from brickwork, improved guttering fascias and soffits. Much of the work is on main routes into the area presenting an attractive face for residents and visitors alike.
Other properties have been demolished to make way for new housing with support and financial compensation provided to residents who have been affected. We have also been working to obtain sites for future housing developments along the River Roch corridor.
Securing sites for the development of quality new homes takes time and investment. Older inappropriate businesses and properties are purchased and the owners relocated and compensated. Once the land is purchased much of it has to be suitably prepared for the new homes to be built.
By 2008 we had invested more than £22 million of Housing Market Renewal funding in the neighbourhoods of East Central Rochdale, supported by approximately £20 million of other public and private money.
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Picture: Residents see the latest plans at the ECR funday in August