ORESA employment and skills

EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS

Examples of ORESA projects underway include:

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Regional Science Centre, Oldham

Funding is currently being sought for the Regional Science Centre, an extension to the Oldham Sixth Form College that will also provide science facilities for the University Centre Oldham and enable the inclusion of science degrees within their prospectus.

Kingsway, Rochdale

Kingsway is a 450-acre site with direct access off the M62 at Junction 21. It incorporates a proposed Metrolink stop to serve the business park and provide ready access to a large labour catchment area.

It will deliver 7,250 jobs in 10 to 15 years and support 1,570 indirect jobs.

Kingsway offers sites for both large and small employment users. In total there will be 3.6 million square feet of floorspace of which 3.1 million sq feet will be industrial, 300,000 sq ft will be offices together with hotels, leisure, local retail and other facilities as well as 300 high quality homes.

Kingsway is an NWDA Regional Strategic Employment Site. It is also located close to the HMR intervention areas at Kirkholt and Inner Rochdale and Metrolink will provide improved access to a wider area including HMR intervention areas such as Derker and Werneth in Oldham.

Belfield Business Neighbourhood, Rochdale.

Located within the East Central Rochdale HMR area the plan is to develop a range of modern employment accommodation and other facilities.

Chadderton Technology Park, Oldham

There is a key opportunity to build upon the presence of Zetex (the only manufacturer of micro chips in the UK) developing high value supply chain businesses in the area. This site is close to the HMR area at Werneth, the planned local Metrolink stop and the M60 and M62 motorways.

Hollinwood, Oldham

A Masterplan has been developed for the area which will be the biggest new development opportunity for employment within Oldham. This is a long-term plan which will take 10-12 years to complete and will deliver 48,000 sq m of commercial development with the creation of 2,000 FTE jobs. Hollinwood is within Oldham’s HMR area and is directly adjacent to one of the current intervention areas at Werneth. Hollinwood is recognised as a Regional Strategic Employment Site.

Oldham is bringing forward land at Foxdenton, (currently classified as and reserved for future development and other protected open land), as a new employment site as part of the Local Development Framework. This site, along with the existing Broadway site and Hollinwood, will form a much larger and more significant employment site – Oldham’s M60 Employment Zone.