It appears a number of locations within Marple are being considered as potential sites to be developed for the Traveller Community.
See extract below and I see residents in Cheadle have already made their views known and perhaps we in Marple should consider contacting our Councillors about this issue. Far more important than a new ASDA !!!
Seven sites are being considered in Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme and Heald Green as Stockport Council has a legal obligation to identify potential pitches for travellers in the borough.
The council consultation gives residents the chance to give their views on what sites should and should not be used for.
But members of the public at the Cheadle area committee meeting made it clear they did not want any traveller sites in their area.
They were backed by Councillor Pete Burns, who said: "The sites are not suitable for Cheadle."
Mitchell Wood, council planning policy officer, told the meeting: "This is something we are legally obliged to consider.
"Gypsies and travellers have needs and here in Stockport we need to identify 35 pitches for them.
"We want to look at all the sites and say whether they are suitable or not or if they are more suitable for other uses."
Many residents at the packed meeting had received leaflets from the Conservatives warning them of the proposals and encouraging them to attend the meeting.
The leaflets were described as ‘disgusting’ by Councillor Paul Porgess.
But Conservative Councillor Mick Jones said after the meeting: "The main thrust was to make people aware of this document so they could offer their feedback and comments.
"The meeting was rammed, a lot of people turned up and expressed their opinions and I am happy aboutthat."
The first stage of consultation runs until November 28.
Full list of possible traveller sites by area committee:
Stepping Hill
13 and 15 Vine Street
Works buildings on Brook Street
Offerton High School, The Fairway
School Street Industrial Estate
Cherry Tree Hospital, Cherry Tree Lane
Land bounded by Buxton Road, Melford Road and Tannock Road
Newby Road Industrial Estate, off Bramhall Moor Lane
Melford Road Employment Area, off Macclesfield Road
Offerton Sand & Gravel
Dialstone Centre, Lisburne Lane
Torkington Road Depot
Marple
Marple Sorting Office and car park, Chapel Fields
British Waterways Yard, Church Street
Cheadle and Marple College, Hibbert Lane Campus
Peacefield Primary School
The Dale Primary School
Werneth
Land on the corner of School Brow
Oakwood Mills
Unity Mill
Land off Stockport Road East
Heatons and Reddish
Fir Tree Primary School, Browning Road
Land off Sandfold Lane
North Heaton Primary School
North Area College, Buckingham Road
The Ropeworks, Stanbank Street
Cheadle
Bullocks Coaches garage, Stockport Road
Grimond House, The Paddock
Nurses Home, Cheadle Royal Hospital
Land at Cheadle Campus, Cheadle Road
Central
Bridgehall Sidings
Adswood Road/Stockholm Road
Adswood Road/Siddington Avenue
Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme
Land off Adswood Road,
Land off Midland Road,
Land off Earl Road,
Adswood Employment Area, Adswood Road
Hulme Hall Close