Former Old Rectory Hotel, Meadow Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34
- Land size
- 0.9 acres
Key Features
- Logical brownfield site in a popular residential location
- Full Planning Permission granted for 18 no affordable apartments
- Benefitting from an implemented planning consent for a 54 bed care home
- Freehold
Description
Located within an established residential area in Denton, accessed off Meadow Lane, with Dale View bordering the southern edge. It sits close to the River Tame corridor and green open space to the east, and is surrounded by settled suburban streets (Wordsworth Road, Worths Lane, Church Avenue). Nearby amenities include a childminding nursery (Tameside Childminders) and a local café/restaurant (Eddy Bears).
The property comprises of a brownfield site extending to approximately 0.36 ha (0.9 acres). It is an irregular, elongated plot running broadly north to south. A narrower arm at the northern end widens into a broader main body to the south.
TENURE
Freehold under title references LA337054 and GM388313.
PLANNING
The site was granted full planning permission on 13th September 2024 for the development of 18no affordable apartments over 3-storeys with associated parking, landscaping and works necessary to facilitate the development.
The planning application can be viewed via the Tameside planning portal using planning reference 23/00525/FUL.
Planning consent was granted by Tameside Metropolitan Borough in June 2009 for the demolition of the former hotel and erection of a 54 bed care home (TP ref: 08/01266/FUL). The planning consent was implemented in June 2011 and the hotel demolished.
The consented scheme provides for 54 rooms ranging between 24sqm and 26sqm over a lower ground, ground, first and second floor building, delivering a total Gross Internal Floor area (GIFA) of 2,719 sqm.
Our client has also looked at similar schemes that can deliver a similar GIFA increases bedroom numbers to 70.
DATA ROOM
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Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-09-30
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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Rights & Restrictions
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- Listed Property
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Manor Green Primary Academy457 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 262
- Type
- Academy converter
- St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Denton742 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 237
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Corrie Primary School983 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 358
- Type
- Academy converter
- Woodley Primary School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 384
- Type
- Community school
- Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School1 mileOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 164
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- St Thomas More RC College1 mileNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 797
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Alder Community High School1.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 912
- Type
- Community school
- Denton Community Academy1.7 milesOfsted: Inadequate
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,107
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Harrytown Catholic High School1.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 792
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Hyde High School1.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,134
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 30 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Suite 2, Third Floor 1 King Street Manchester M2 6AW
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