Yesterday I attended a meeting of the Neighbourhood Partnership Team of the Safer Stockport Partnership.

Our area covers the west part of Stockport Borough, including Gatley, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Bramhall and Heald Green.  The police meet up with councillors and various other Council bodies (for example, the people who target anti-social behaviour and the youth services folks).

At each meeting, individual incidents and concerns are raised, like anti-social behaviour, parking issues, arson, burglary, vandalism and robbery.   It means everyone involved can track individual incidents.

I raised a couple: anti-social behaviour and vandalism from groups of youths in Ashfield Road, Cheadle at night and under-age drinking around the play equipment in Scholes Park.

Issues raised previously in Cheadle and Gatley (before I became a councillor) include parking issues on Silverdale Road and Schools Hill, fly-tipping at the corner of Sycamore Walk and Oakside Close,  the theft of lead from houses on Sycamore Walk and a request for “No Cold Calling” signs at the north end of Sycamore Walk.

Two pieces of good news.  First, we were told crime is down both across the whole of Stockport and in our area.  Burglary and robbery in particular are low right now.  Second, there’s work in the next few weeks to consult young people about new facilities in the Oak Road/Brookfield Road area of Cheadle.

These meetings happen monthly, so if there’s any issues you’d like me to raise, just let me know.