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The transformation of an old Tameside power station into homes will go ahead after receiving the final sign-off.

Hartshead Power Station and Millbrook Sidings in Stalybridge have been vacant for more than 35 years. The site will become home to a huge park and 162 new houses.

The £12.5m masterplan, tabled by Casey Group Limited, was approved by the planning panel last year, but now the final paperwork has been approved by council bosses.

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Since the power station site shut in the 1980s numerous applications promising garden centres and leisure facilities haven’t ever come to fruition. But now Casey Group’s masterplan, comprising four development ‘zones’, is now one step closer to becoming a reality. View 5

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