Morris Homes Development of College Site on Hibbert Lane

The Civic Society has been in contact with the Northern Design and Planning Director of Morris Homes, the company developing the college site on hibbert Lane.

The company are preparing a planning application for submission to Stockport MBC w/c 26th January and are inviting comment and feedback by 23rd January.  We were told that brochures have been sent to nearby residents but a quick check amongst members indicates patchy coverage.  However Morris Homes are keen to receive feedback from Marple residents and a copy of their information brochure can be downloaded HERE

The society will respond on behalf of members but any member or resident can respond individually using the form on the attached brochure.

The Civic Society position is that, in principle, we do not object to housing on the site.  However we are anxious to ensure that the development fits in with the ideas behind our proposed independent urban design study.  

One of our charitable objects is to campaign for good design, so that too is important to us. Finally, we will seek to secure for Marple some of the s106 money likely to go to the council.

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Civic Society Early Days - Oral History

Our president, Angus Yeaman, has agree to provide an oral history of his memories of the early years of Marple Civic Society.

Society President Angus Yeaman

At a meeting on 7th May 2015 with Aimee Teare and Margaret Myerscough of Stockport MBC, the possibility of a "Skills for the Future" trainee carrying out the interview was discussed.  

They agreed that this could be a trainee project for later this year when the new intake of trainees are in post. 

"Skills for the Future" is a Heritage Lottery Fund Programme, run by Stockport MBC, to provide paid training placements of one year to people looking to work in the heritage sector. 

Marple Civic Society Document Archive

Marple Civic Society has a large collection of archive documents including minutes, newsletters, newspaper cuttings, miscellaneous reports and correspondence.  

We also have an extensive collection of photographs which have been digitised and uploaded to our website. The originals are on long term loan to SMBC Library Services.

At a meeting on 7th January 2015 Alan and Gillian Postill met with Aimee Teare (Senior Programme Management and External Funding Officer) and Margaret Myerscough (Senior Librarian, Heritage and Archive) to discuss a project to sort, collate, evaluate and preserve our other documents to make them available for research and general interest.  It was agreed that a "Skills for the Future" trainee could carry out the work starting later this year.

"Skills for the Future" is a Heritage Lottery Fund Programme, run by Stockport MBC, to provide paid training placements of one year to people looking to work in the heritage sector. 

Season's Greetings

Many thanks for your  support in 2014
we look forward to your continued support in 2015
thanks to Arthur Procter for the photo

ASDA Cleared to Buy Marple Coop by Competition & Markets Authority

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the ASDA purchase of the Marple Coop store.

In its judgement the CMA commented that if ASDA has more significant development plans that the Coop had "pre-merger" this does not mean that the merger will give rise to a substantial lessening of competition.  It went on to say that any development plans by ASDA may be subject to local planning law.

Finally, the CMA commented that it had seen no evidence that the merger will have a negative impact on the potential entry of another grocery retailer (Councillors please note!)

The full judgement can be seen on the CMA website HERE

Marple Aqueduct - Conservation and Repair

Marple Aqueduct is undergoing over half a million pounds worth of repair, conservation and access improvement work as part of the Heritage Lottery funded Revealing Oldknow’s Legacy project. 

A safety fence is to be installed as part of the gateway improvements.  There are a number of safety fence options and the Canal and River Trust (CRT) would like to gather feedback on these and the other improvements.

To find out more and provide your feedback follow the link HERE to the CRT website.