Agenda and minutes

Councillors and Officers were invited to declare any interests which they had in any of the agenda items for the meeting.

The following interest was declared:-

Personal Interest

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair of the Committee on any matters within the powers and duties of the 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 at the meeting and at local libraries and Information Centres. You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions.

Questions relating to current planning applications, including the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road, are not permitted by the Code of Practice.

No public questions were submitted.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration.                                   

NOTE: Councillors are requested to note that if they withdraw from the meeting during the consideration of the development application upon their return they should not participate any further in the deliberation or vote on that application.

The following development application will be considered by the Committee:-

A development application was submitted.

(NOTE: Full details of the decision including conditions and reasons for granting or refusing planning permission and imposing conditions are given in the schedule of plans. The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration 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).

Construction of the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road (whole route), incorporating:

·         Seven new road junctions;

·         Modification to four existing road junctions;

·         Four new rail bridge crossings;

·         Three new public rights of way/accommodation bridges;

·         Four new road bridges;

·         A pedestrian & cycle route;

·         Six balancing ponds; and

·         Associated landscaping, lighting and infrastructure works.

Within Stockport:

·         Six new road junctions;

·         Modification to three existing road junctions;

·         Three new rail bridge crossings;

·         One new public right of way/accommodation bridge;

·         Three new road bridges;

·         A pedestrian cycle route;

·         Four balancing ponds; and

·             Associated landscaping, lighting, engineering and infrastructure works.      

The Committee is recommended to refer the application to the Secretary of State under The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009 for approval, subject to conditions.

Officer contact: Suzanne Broomhead on 0161 218 1982 or email: suzanne.broomhead@stockport.gov.uk

In respect of plan no. 53678 regarding land to the south of Stockport, adjacent to and between the A6 (Buxton Road) and land to the east of the Styal railway line, north of Styal Golf Course involving the:-

Construction of the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road (whole route), incorporating:

·         Seven new road junctions;

·         Modification to four existing road junctions;

·         Four new rail bridge crossings;

·         Three new public rights of way/accommodation bridges;

·         Four new road bridges;

·         A pedestrian & cycle route;

·         Six balancing ponds; and

·         Associated landscaping, lighting and infrastructure works.

Within Stockport:

·         Six new road junctions;

·         Modification to three existing road junctions;

·         Three new rail bridge crossings;

·         One new public right of way/accommodation bridge;

·         Three new road bridges;

·         A pedestrian cycle route;

·         Four balancing ponds; and

·             Associated landscaping, lighting, engineering and infrastructure works,      

it was:-

RESOLVED – (Ten for, Two against) (1)That the application be referred to the Secretary of State under the Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009 for approval, subject to conditions.

(2) That the Committee requests the inclusion of an informative so that that additional traffic modelling is carried out to take account of any proposed development at the former BAe Systems site in Woodford.

(3) That the report to the Committee form part of the Council’s Statement pursuant to Regulation 24 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental  Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 which requires the Council to make available for public inspection information regarding the decision, particularly that pursuant to Regulation 24(1) the Council must make available for public inspection a statement which contains:-

·         the contents of the decision and any conditions attached to it;

·         the main reasons and consideration on which the decision is based,

including, if relevant, information about the participation of the public;

·         a description, when necessary, of the main measures to avoid, reduce and if possible offset the major adverse effects of the development; and

·         information recording the right to challenge the validity of the decision and the procedures for doing so.

A recorded vote was requested in relation to the voting on Minute (1) above and the voting was recorded as follows:-

The councillors who voted for this resolution were Councillors Brian Bagnall, Andrew Bispham, Peter Burns, Kate Butler, Christine Corris, Dean Fitzpatrick, Lenny Grice, Hazel Lees, Paul Porgess and Maureen Rowles.

The councillors who voted against this resolution were Councillors Laura Booth and Philip Harding.