Dozens of new homes for Tameside have been approved at the latest town hall meeting.

Three housing schemes got the green light from the council’s planning panel, meaning almost 70 new homes will be built in the borough.

Two apartment blocks in the centre of Ashton and a housing estate in Mossley were given the nod by the panel, who met in Guardsman Tony Downes House on September 10.

Ashton’s Wellington Street and Stamford Street Central will get apartment blocks with 12 and 33 flats respectively.

Over in Mossley, the progressing development for 25 new homes on the land of Prospect House – a former Victorian house and care home – was reduced. The challenging landscape and building costs led to the changes being made by the developer.

A controversial HMO was also thrown out by the pan

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