Flats and health centre at Latics?

FUTURE vision . . . where the health centre and flats would be situated

UP to 140 flats for hospital workers could be built next to Oldham Athletic’s ground.

Plans for the development, which ranges from three to six storeys, also include a new health centre and car park spaces behind the Rochdale Road stand at Boundary Park.

The health centre will front on to Sheepfoot Lane while the accommodation would be closest to Carlton Way.

Residents in these two streets along with home owners in Cumberland Drive, Furtherwood Road, Prestbury Drive and Colville Road have been sent letters outlining the plans.

The proposals will be discussed at a future meeting of Oldham Council’s planning committee.

In September last year, Latics submitted an application to build 94 new three and four bedroom homes on the old Clayton Arms site in a joint venture with Chadderton-based Holroy Developments.

Latics first got planning permission for houses and flats as part of a major rebuilding scheme at Boundary Park in 2007 but the club say a change in the housing market have forced a rethink.