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Green Light for Major Town-Centre Regeneration

Following the highly-acclaimed restoration of Ashton’s historic Oddfellows Hall (a Grade II listed building on Stamford Street in the heart of the “Old Town”) the green light has now been given for a further major redevelopment involving adjacent properties on Stamford Street to bring new vitality to this long-neglected area.

The Stamford Street project is the latest and largest development in Ashton to result from close collaboration over many years between the site’s owner and developer, Rockpark (Ashton) Limited, and Philip Millson Architecture (PMA) - both of whom were centrally responsible for reviving the fortunes of the Oddfellows Hall.

The multi-million pound scheme, including nine new retail units and more than one hundred new, town-centre apartments with underground parking facilities, will substantially advance the regeneration of one of Ashton’s best-known and most ancient thoroughfares by creating a vibrant, new living, retailing and working environment.

PMA director, Philip Millson, said of the new Stamford Street project: “Our basic aim with schemes like this one is to create a new environment which people will find interesting and exciting. We want to conserve all the best architectural features from the past, yet at the same time to give them a new and active role within practical design concepts for the future. It always gives us special satisfaction when we are able to bring genuine new life and purpose to areas and buildings that for too long have seemed forgotten - and it is a great help to have so much support from the relevant MBC.”