Friday 23 December 2016


                 Seasons Greetings
Proposed GMSF Greenbelt Land for 4000 houses - High Lane

Thursday 22 December 2016

Newsletter December 2016 - Edition 12

The society's December 2016 Newsletter is now available.

To view the full newsletter see HERE

Tuesday 20 December 2016

Report on Marple Area Committee Meeting 14th December 2016

A report on the Marple Area Committee Meeting that took place on the 14th December 2016 can be viewed HERE

The council's Public Realm report can be viewed HERE

A major part of the meeting was devoted to a presentation by Stockport MBC officers about the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.  Officers invited residents to respond to the plan which they assured them is a genuine consultation.  Resident's concerns about issues such as transport infrastructure and pollution were answered by vague promises that solutions would be provided in due course and that the plan is "not at that stage yet".  Unsurprisingly, the plan for 4000 houses in High Lane is at that stage.

Marple Civic Society's response to the consultation can be found HERE

Future Marple Area Committee meeting dates:

1st February 2017
8th March 2017
12th April 2017
7th June 2017
12th July 2017
9th August 2017
27th September 2017
8th November 2017
13th December 2017
31st January 2018
7th March 2018
18th April 2018

Monday 19 December 2016

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Response to GMSF Consultation

The Campaign  to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has submitted a comprehensive response to the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework consultation.

The CPRE supports a plan-led approach to regeneration and economic development. However their response identifies lack of evidence for many assumptions in the plan including economic growth, failure in the "duty to co-operate" with adjoining planning authorities and failure to adequately consider brownfield land.

See HERE for the full CPRE report 


Friday 16 December 2016

Greater Manchester Spatial Framework - Consultation Extended

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has announced that the public consultation on the first draft of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) has been extended to 16th January 2017.




To respond to the consultation see HERE

To see Marple Civic Society's response see HERE

Wednesday 14 December 2016

Planning Application DC/064057 Erection of 7 detached houses, including demolition of one dwelling at 10 Manor Road, Marple


The Society's planning team has sent a response to SMBC's planning department to recommend refusal of planning application DC/064057 (Erection of 7 detached houses, including demolition of one dwelling and provision of vehicular access at 10 Manor Road Marple).

To view the application documents see HERE

To view the society's response in full see HERE

Members and others are free to use the society's response to planning aplications to inform their own response.

Saturday 10 December 2016

Greater Manchester Spatial Framework Consultation - Civic Society Response

The civic society has prepared a response to the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) which plans 4,000 houses for High Lane. See our response HERE

YOU CAN USE THE SOCIETY'S RESPONSE TO WRITE YOUR OWN RESPONSE 
TO THE GMSF CONSULTATION

The proposed development in High Lane plans 4,000 houses on green belt, mostly agricultural land between Buxton Lane (A6), Windlehurst Road, Torkington Lane and Threaphurst Lane, and extends across Windlehurst Road around Windlehurst Hall and bound by Andrew Lane to the south. If it goes ahead it will more than double the size of High Lane and have an enormous impact, not just on High Lane, but the wider Marple area. 

There is still chance to find out more at the Marple Area Committee meeting on Wednesday 14th December at 6-00pm in Marple Senior Citizens Hall. You can find the full GMSF consultation HERE and you can respond in 3 ways:
  • on line: http://gmsf-consult.objective.co.uk/portal
  • by email: GMSF@agma.gov.uk
  • by post: Greater Manchester Support Team, PO Box 532, Town Hall,                        Manchester, M60 2LA
This consultation finishes 23rd December - all responses must be submitted by then.

The civic society committee has attended relevant meetings, considered various views, and discussed the issues at length at an extraordinary committee meeting on 2nd December. Our planners, having read through and considered all the GMSF consultation data, have prepared the society's response and will submit to GMSF by 19th December.

Feel free to use the society's response to help you write your own response 
see HERE
it will add weight if you say it in your own words and with your own examples. 
The important thing is to respond 

Saturday 3 December 2016

Committee and Audit Meeting Minutes 29th November 2016

Committee meeting minutes can be found HERE
Audit meeting minutes can be found HERE

A shortened committee was held prior to the audit meeting, held to review the past year's work and plan for next year.

Friday 2 December 2016

Report on Extraordinary Marple Area Committee Meeting 23rd November 2016

A report on the extraordinary Marple Area Committee Meeting that took place on 23rd November 2016 can be viewed HERE

The meeting was dedicated to the issue of the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road - complimentary measures for High Lane (traffic calming).  Areas covered include Windlehurst Road, Andrew Lane, Torkington Lane and Threaphurst Lane.

Future Marple Area Committee Meeting Dates:

14th December 2016 (This meeting will include a presentation by SMBC officers on the GMSF)
1st February 2017
8th March 2017
12th April 2017
7th June 2017
12th July 2017
9th August 2017
27th September 2017
8th November 2017
13th December 2017
31st January 2018
7th March 2018
18th April 2018