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From the first mill that was built on the site in 1824 until its closure, the former cotton spinning mill and more recently "the knicker factory" was the hub of the Glossop community with a large number of residents employed there.
When the mill closed, 475 people lost not only their jobs but also the heart of their community.

B&R Developments, the developers converting Howard Town Mill into flats, are appealing for photographs from the mill's past to display in public areas.

Director Traci Lomas says: "As a lifelong Glossop resident, I know how important the mill was and still is to the town. Three generations of my family worked at the mill and its canteen was actually where my mother and father first met in 1956." Pictures should be sent to Lomas & Co., 12 Market Street, Glossop, SK13 8AR to be copied.

Sainsbury'sHoward Town Mill is a catalyst for the regeneration of another 13 acres  along Glossop Brook - the Woods Mill area - which could be the site of a major redevelopment, including a Sainsbury's supermarket.

A joint venture between Glossop Land Ltd, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd and Evans & Reid Ltd will submit a planning application to High Peak Borough Council outlining proposals for a four-phase scheme that will include residential, mixed-use, leisure and retail developments.


High Peak borough council's Vision Masterplan (PDF)
High Peak borough council's Woods Mill Area Concept Statement (PDF)
Derbyshire County Council consultation on the Woods Mill Area Action Plan (PDF)

Extra hours approved for new venue - Glossop Advertiser
Flourishing mill in the spotlight - Glossop Advertiser
Milltown memory lane trip - Buxton Advertiser

Howard Town mill compliant - Glossop Advertiser
Anger at plans for Howard Town Mill - Glossop Advertiser
A dream is coming true - Glossop Chronicle



Barracuda 'Smith & Jones'  licence application

Planning permissions:

HPK/2003/0936 Conversion and extension of existing mill to retail units offices and 56 residential units, 1486 sq. metres of new build retail units with associated car parking

HPK/2003/1001 Conversion of existing single storey building into new residential entrance for Howard Town Mill, incl. new windows and doors and replacing existing dilapidated slate roof with new slate roof to match existing. Lowering existing wall from 2.6m to 1.4m. Dismantle existing pillar and relocate by 2.3m to increase the entrance to the site.

HPK/2004/0065 Listed building consent for the conversion and extension of the TIC Centre on Victoria Street into a retail unit

HPK/2004/0071 Conservation area consent for demolition of existing portal frame shed structure and ancillary outbuildings

HPK/2005/0484 Amendments to HPK/2003/0936 including the re-configeration of floorspace to create a Class D1 Unit (public library), 9 additional apartments and commercial use (A1/A2/B1) of southern gatehouse.

HPK/2005/0485 Conversion of derelict former gatehouse into either an A1, A2 or B1 unit, new windows, doors and replacement of existing roof with new slate roof to match existing. Modifications to the perimeter wall to allow safe vehicular and pedestrian access to the site including the removal of two short sections of wall and the relocation of a gate pier.
 


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Hurstwood Construction
Hurstwood Construction

Paul Butler Associates
Paul Butler Associates,
planning consultants


Pozzoni
Pozzoni
 design


Glossop Vision

Collective Enterprises Limited

Glossop Factory Shop

Magic Mountain

Howard Town Brewery
Howard Town Brewery opened in the former Bridge End Fulling Mill in 2005 but moved after a fire in 2006 to Hawkshead Mill in Old Glossop.


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