Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services, Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration.

The report concerns land in Brinnington which is the subject of regeneration proposals under the Brinnington Master Plan which was approved by the Executive at its meeting on 14 March 2011. The plots of land in question are shown in the plans enclosed with this report and are summarised as follows:

Site A: Land at Blackberry Lane, Brinnington

This site comprises 1.9 hectares (4.7 acres) of open space which currently forms part of Reddish Vale Country Park and is within the Green Belt.

Site B: Former Castle Hill School and Lapwing Life Leisure, Brinnington

This site comprises 1.6 hectares (4.1 acres) and is currently occupied by the vacant buildings remaining in situ after Castle Hill School was relocated to a new site in Offerton in July 2014. In addition, part of the site is also occupied by the Lapwing Life Leisure sports facility. This site lies within the Green Belt.

Site C: Lapwing Playing Fields, Brinnington

This site comprises 2.9 hectares (7.2 acres) and is open space. This site also lies within the Green Belt.

Site D: Lapwing Lane, Brinnington

This site comprises 0.29 hectares (0.72 acres) and is partly previously developed land and open space.

Site E: Former Tame Valley Primary School Playing Fields

This site comprises 0.66 hectares (1.63 acres) and is open space which was formerly the playing fields associated with the former Tame Valley Primary School, the footprint of which has since been developed for housing. This site lies within the Green Belt.

Site F: Truro Avenue

This site comprises 0.22 hectares (0.55 acres) and is previously developed land having been occupied by a council depot in the past. This site was previously supported for disposal at Central Area Committee on 30 August 2012.

The report requests the Executive to:

·         Note and has regard to the representations received and summarised in Appendix A relating to the intention to dispose of parcels of open space for development;

·         The land identified in sites A and C be declared surplus to requirements for community use;

·         The land identified in sites A, B, C, D, E and F be appropriated to planning purposes pursuant to S.122 (2A) of the Local Government Act 1972;

·         Reaffirms its intention of the 2 April 2013 and agrees to dispose of the land shown in sites A, B, C and E to Countryside Properties and sites D and F to Stockport Homes Ltd for the purpose set out in the report, subject to 5.5;

·         Agrees to the disposal of the open space land within Site E, subject to the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration being satisfied that the Council has the capacity to dispose of and appropriate to planning purposes the open space land.

·         Agrees to the inclusion of Stockport Homes Limited in the partnership Development Agreement with Countryside Properties Limited for the disposal and development of land at Brinnington

Officer contacts Murray Carr, Andy Kippax   on Tel: 0161-474-3019, Tel: 0161 474 4319 or by email on murray.carr@stockport.gov.uk, andy.kippax@stockport.gov.uk

A joint report (copies of which had been circulated) of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services, Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration was submitted concerning land in Brinnington which is the subject of regeneration proposals under the Brinnington Master Plan which was approved by the Executive at its meeting on 14 March 2011.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.