TMBC Car Park Waterloo Road Stalybridge Tameside SK15 2AU Data via plota.co.uk

26/00084/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Full planning application for clearance, enabling works and the erection of a multistorey car park and associated landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jan 2026
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Validated
30 Jan 2026
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Committee
24 Jun 2026
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Approved
24 Aug 2026

Approved on 24 Aug 2026 · Committee (Speakers Panel) Decision · Last checked 29 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Tameside Speakers Panel (Planning) on 24 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme would support town-centre access and regeneration without material planning reasons for refusal.
  • Residents and clinic-related respondents raised concerns about design, privacy, safety, construction disruption, parking, trees and patient vulnerability.
  • The Panel granted permission subject to conditions and an agreement securing mandatory off-site biodiversity net gain.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, objections, officers’ assessment, public speaker and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Tameside's committee minutes of 24 Jun 2026.

Documents 56

Statements & assessments 21

PDF CONSULTATION RESPONSE - TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER Consultee Comment · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSULTATION RESPONSE - ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 13 May 2026 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENTS Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SUDS ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY ACCOUNTING ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF THE STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF STALYBRIDGE CARPARK ENERGY STATEMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING NOISE ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PHASE 2 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION, RISK ASSESSMENT AND OUTLINE REMEDIATION Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL REPORT AND ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF CRIME IMPACT STATEMENT Background Papers · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Heritage at risk: Stalybridge Town Centre, Stalybridge
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; SSSI 262 m away: Huddersfield Narrow Canal SSSI; Inside the Stalybridge built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Tameside
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
SK15 2AU
Received
29 Jan 2026
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
Stalybridge North
Parish
Stalybridge
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 May 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
24 Aug 2026
Decision level
Committee (Speakers Panel) Decision
Applicant
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Agent
AshtonHale

How this decision compares

Decided in 206 days from validation, 151 days slower than Tameside's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 84% of full applications here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
285decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Tameside in the last twelve months, from validation. Tameside decision record →

Public comments

50comments received
49 objecting1 neutral

98% object · above the UK average of 75%

81 neighbours consulted · Last counted 29 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14659073
Comments by
27 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
12 Feb 2026
Committee
24 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tameside
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#85 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tameside is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #60 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tameside decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #199 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #121 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #60 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #145 of 296
52%
Minor dwellings approved
31 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
78 decided
561
Total decisions
80 refused in the year to March 2026