Housing scheme at Oldham 'stadium' site set for approval
20th June 2012
Plans for Lancaster Club site
OLDHAM Council is set to convert the former Lancaster Club site in Failsworth that had been earmarked for a new community-led sports facility into housing.The site was supposed to be home to a 15,000-seat community stadium which would have featured Oldham Athletic as its main tenant surrounded by other community facilities. However, a long-running legal battle ensued over whether the council had the right to develop on part of the site which had been donated by a charitable trust.The football club pulled out of the plans in......for the full story register now for free or login below...




