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£2,000,000

Scout Green Depot, 27 Manchester Road, Tameside, OL5

Land size
2.22 acres
Use Class
Use Class: B1

Key Features

  • Freehold development site with full planning
  • Consent graned 13/07/2020: 19/00264/FUL
  • 55 x 2/3 & 5 bed homes plus 74 parking spaces
  • 73,678 Sq.ft/6,844 Sq.ft residential space
  • 2.22 Acres/0.90 hectares brownfield site
  • Planning docs available from Tameside MBC
  • S.106/New bridge documents available
  • Unconditional offers sought/No VAT on sale.
  • Offers in the region of £2M

Description

The property provides a Brownfield site previously home to the Tameside Council Scout Green Depot that had a number of former storage buildings/workshops on the site and which is located off Manchester Road, Mossley and situated between the Huddersfield Canal and River Tame.

Planning consent is granted for the erection of 55 new houses ranging from 2 bed homes of 732 Sq.ft up to 5 bed homes of 2,700 Sq.ft. On site parking is to be provided for 74 cars along with the erection of a new bridge access from Manchester Road to the site.

Planning documents include:

- Decision Notice.
- Noise Impact Assessment.
- House type Plans & Elevations.
- River buffer zone plan.
- Otter & Vole Assessment.
- Contaminated Land DTS 1/2/3/4.
- Design & Access Statement 1/2/3/4/5.
- Tree report.
- Site section drawings.
- Sun Path drawings.
- Transport Notice.
- Site Location Plan.
- Flood Risk Assessment.
- Bridge Engineering Drawings.
- S.106 Agreement.

Location
The site is located off Manchester Road close to the centres of Mossley and Stalybridge and is a short drive from Ashton-Under-Lyne, the M67 Motorway in Mottram and the M60 Motorway in Audenshawe.

- Mossley: 0.5 miles.
-Stalybridge: 2.5 miles.
-M67/M60: 8 miles

Rateable Value
Rateable value: £26,750.
Small Business Rates Multiplier 2021/22: 49.9p.
Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries with TMBC - .

Tenure
We understand that the property is Freehold.
Title Number: MAN247518

Price/VAT
Offers around £2 Million SUBJECT TO CONTRACT.
We understand that VAT is not payable at the property.

EPC Rating
Not Applicable.

Conditions
Subject to Contract.

Planning
The property benefits from full planning consent granted 13/07/2020 Application Number: 19/00264/FUL for the demolition of existing buildings and the erection of 55 dwellings with associated car parking and access
arrangements.

Accommodation
The site benefits from 2, 3 & 5 bed properties totaling 73,678 Sq.ft/6,844 Sq.m over 55 residential units.

House Type A: 3 Bed - 904 Sq.ft x 21 units.
House Type C: 5 bed - 1,638 Sq.ft x 3 units.
House Type E: 5 bed - 2,700 Sq.ft x 12 units.
House Type F: 2 bed - 732 Sq.ft x 12 units.
House Type G: 3 bed - 1,228 Sq.ft x 7 units.

Utilities
Mains services are available including gas, electricity, water and drainage.

Legal Costs
Each party to be responsible for the payment of their own legal costs associated with the sale.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 133 Development Land listings in North West England (1+ acres).

This Property£900,901 / acre
Development Land Average (1+ acres) £363,651 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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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
Parking Available
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 · available to 75% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; 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

  • Livingstone Primary School736 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    218
    Type
    Community school
  • Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    208
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Joseph's RC Primary School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    147
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • St George's CofE Primary School0.7 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    110
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Buckton Vale Primary School0.7 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    202
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Mossley Hollins High School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    894
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Dixons Pennine Academy1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    592
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Damian's RC Science College1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    829
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Dixons Ashton Academy1.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,326
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • West Hill School1.8 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    852
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys

* 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

Spar - Stalybridge, Stalybridge0.6 miles
Co-op Mossley, Mossley0.8 miles
Spar Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge1.5 miles

GP surgery

Mossley Medical Practice640 metres

Pharmacy

Chadwick & Hadfield Ltd640 metres

Hospital

Tameside General Hospital1.7 miles

Green space

Playing Field270 metres

Walking trail

Pennine Bridleway0.8 miles

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

Mossley (Manchester) Rail Station748 metres

Nearest bus stop

New Scout Mill40 metres

Typical drive times

Lees8 min · 3.2 miles
Mossley3 min · 1.1 miles
Dukinfield8 min · 3.5 miles
Stalybridge5 min · 2.1 miles
Manchester (city)27 min · 10 miles

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

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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