Planning

Charity Reg.

No. 236593

IMPORTANT PLANNING APPLICATIONS

COMPSTALL MILLS December 2008

A Major Scheme in Course of Preparation

23.09.09

Planning Applications DC/042235 and DC/042236 were considered at both the Werneth Area and Marple Area Committees and discussed mainly at the latter. 14 letters of objection and 7 further with comments and suggestions (including one from the Civic Society) were taken into consideration.

At the Marple Area Committee it was agreed that discussions would continue between the Developer, Councillors and Council Officers with a view to arriving at an agreed scheme. It is not yet clear if there will be any further consultation process at present"

Selected Planning Applications of Interest

Taken from the Stockport Website which contains two separate lists

1. A weekly list of all applications registered

2. A Database of all applications giving full details of documentation plans and their current status in the approval procedure (note that there may be a delay of one or two weeks for applications listed in 1 above to appear in the database 2)

Applications currently under Consultation

To view all the 11 current applications recently registered please access the list 1 as follows:-

Open up the Stockport Website www.stockport.gov.uk

In the Home Page section entitled FIND INFORMATION ABOUT

w	Select - Planning and Building Regulations

w	Click – Weekly Lists

w	Click - Weekly Lists of Planning Applications

w	Select and click the week of interest from the list (note: this shows the first application that week in Bramhall)

w	Click the Bookmark icon on the left hand side of the page

w	Select and Click Marple and the applications for Marple will be found on this and subsequent pages

Using a similar procedure to the above you can also pick out the lists of decisions and of Planning Appeals

Database for details

To call up any individual application to view documentation, plans etc. Open up the Stockport Website www.stockport.gov.uk and click Planning and Building as above

·	Click – ‘Search the Database’ which opens a page with various methods of calling up application details. Select the top left section and enter the actual application number required and click ‘search’.

·	An initial page on the application appears and follow the instructions to call up more details.

Total Consultation Period now applies from 8th March 2010 to 5th April,

There are a total of 21 Planning Applications current within this period and the most significant are indicated below.

DC/041239

Location: LAND AT 48 LEY LANE, MARPLE BRIDGE, STOCKPORT, SK6 5DD

Proposal: Erection of detached dwelling house

Objection lodged by Marple Civic Society

REFUSED - 18/3/09 Stated reasons are

Located within the Green Belt
Highway safety concerns
Not sustainable or accessible for Transport
No provision made for recreation and amenity open space

Appeal lodged 17.04.09

16.08.09

The Civic Society has written to express reservations on the access to the site, lack of architectural interest, need for opening up the site and missed opportunities for amenity

18.02.10 APPEAL DISMISSED

Applications on which The Civic Society have submitted comments or Objections and are still under Consideration by The Council.

12.10.09

MARPLE WHARF

Proposed Development by British Waterways

Marple Civic Society is in an extended consultation with British Waterway (BW) to look at all viable options for Marple Wharf.

The MCS Steering Group has had two meetings with BW on 16th July and 11th September 2009 and is due to meet with them again on Monday 26th October 2009

At the end of the September meeting we had discussed, and agreed in principle, the following ideas, although no final decisions have been taken:

· The Grade 2 listed warehouse to be refurbished as offices.

· A new single storey nursery to be built for ‘Sure Start’, an SMBC initiative. The building would be set back from the canal with a small play area to the front.

· Space would be provided for parking and a drop off point for New Horizons and the nursery behind the warehouse.

· The Toll House to be used for a heritage/visitors centre.

· New Horizons to remain on site, moored on the arm of the canal under the warehouse.

· Public access to the canal on both sides of the warehouse.

See plan below of the site showing the above ideas.

Remaining issues for discussion at the next meeting on 26th October 2009

· Should the remaining two plots (plot 2 & 3 shown on the attached plan) be used for houses? If not, we need a viable scheme to replace them.

· Provision for boating facilities.

We are investigating the following ideas as possible solutions:

· A Stockport MBC scheme to house a canoe, kayak and cycling centre on part of the remaining site (plots 2 & 3). This is a new idea and we hope to develop it further before the next meeting with BW.

· New boating facilities at plot 2 in front of the above possible new build. There are other possibilities for boating facilities to be moved to one of the buildings alongside the service road but they would be much more convenient and accessible along the canal on the wharf.

We need your support – your letters/emails really matter – please let us have your views

Email: : mail@marplecivicsociety.org.uk

Write to: Marple Civic Society, 268 Windlehurst Road, Marple, Stockport. SK6 7EN

Please CLICK HERE for the full story to date

DC/042235 Full Planning Permission Dwellings

Location: COMPSTALL MILLS ESTATE, COMPSTALL, SK6 5HN

Proposal: Partial demolition, refurbishment and redevelopment of the Compstall Mills Estate to provide a mixed use development comprising of 121 residential units, commercial units, a replacement boat house and a hydro-electric power generator, together with associated vehicular and pedestrian access, car parking and landscaping works.