Issue - meetings

Proposed demolition of vacant public house and development of a single restaurant with drive-thru lane (Class E).

The Area Committee is requested to recommend that the Planning and Highways Regulation Committee grant planning permission subject to conditions and informative.

Officer contact: Daniel Hewitt 0161 218 1989 | daniel.hewitt@stockport.gov.uk

In respect of application DC/085975 relating to the proposed demolition of vacant public house and development of a single restaurant with drive-thru lane (Class E) at Farmers Arms, 209 Stockport Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0LX.

It was noted that the application had been considered at the Cheadle Area Committee meeting on 20 June 2023.

A representative of the applicant spoke in support of the application.

It was then

RESOLVED - That the application be referred to the Planning and Highways Regulation Committee for a site visit and subsequent determination. The Area Committee recommended that the application be refused by the committee on the grounds of traffic concerns within the site (including provision for deliveries), at the junction and on the wider highways network, as well as concerns relating to air quality impact on the wider community, and specifically in light of the close proximity of the site to a school.