The Area Committee approved an application from Stockport County Supporters Co-operative to hold their first half marathon on Sunday 6 September 2015 which will take place along part of the Trans Pennine Trail between Woolpack Bridge through Mersey Vale Nature Park and on into Manchester. This is to be subject to the production of appropriate papers, event and traffic management plans.
The application was also approved by the Heatons and Reddish Area Committee at its meeting on 13 July 2015.