Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 January 2012.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 16 January 2013 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The following interests were declared:-

Personal & Prejudicial Interests

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair of the Area Committee on any matters within the powers and duties of the Area Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice (Questions must be submitted prior to the commencement of the meeting on the cards provided. These are available the meeting and at local libraries and information centres.  You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions.

No questions were submitted.

To consider a report of the Service Director (Place Development).

Development applications were submitted.

(NOTE: Full details of the decisions including conditions and reasons for granting or refusing planning permission and imposing conditions are given in the schedule of plans. The Corporate Director of Place is authorised to determine conditions and reasons and they are not therefore referred to in committee minutes unless the committee makes a specific decision on a condition or reason. In order to reduce printing costs and preserve natural resources, the schedule of plans is not reproduced within these minutes. A copy of the schedule of plans is available on the council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/planningdecisions. Copies of the schedule of plans, or any part thereof, may be obtained from the Place Directorate upon payment of the Council’s reasonable charges)

To consider the redevelopment of Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College’s Marple Campus including refurbishment of existing building on the Buxton Lane site and construction of new college buildings to provide 6,473 sq.m of educational floor space, together with car parking and landscaping works, construction of floodlight pitch; and demolition of existing buildings on the Hibbert Lane site and erection of class A1 store (3,651 sq.m gross external) together with petrol filling station and associated highways, servicing and landscaping works.

That the Planning & Highways Regulation Committee be recommended to refuse planning permission.

In respect of plan.no 051300 for the redevelopment of Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College’s Marple Campus including refurbishment of existing building on the Buxton Lane site and construction of new college buildings to provide 6,473 sq.m of new educational floorspace, together with car parking and landscaping works, construction of synthetic floodlight pitch and demolition of existing buildings on the Hibbert Lane site and erection of a class A1 store (3,651 sq.m gross external) together with petrol filling station and associated highways, servicing and landscaping, it was

RESOLVED – That consideration of the application be deferred to enable the submission of further information.

Demolition of existing structure and erection of Class A1 food store and flexible use unit with associated public realm and highways works, vehicular access, car parking, servicing area and hard and soft landscaping.

That the Planning & Highways Regulation Committee be recommended to grant planning permission.

In respect of plan.no 051408 for demolition of existing structure and erection of Class A1 food store and flexible use unit with associated public realm and highway works, vehicular access, car parking, servicing area and hard and soft landscaping,

the applicant and a member of the public spoke in support of the application,

it was then

RESOLVED – That the Planning and Highway Regulation Committee be recommended to grant planning permission.