Two planning applications for Cheadle village came to our Area Committee on Tuesday.

DC045091 was for a bistro at 2a/2b Chapel Street, Cheadle.  Planning officers recommended that we grant the application, and we did.  This is not a take-away, but a small restaurant in a village centre location with ample parking on the doorstep and we hope it will be a welcome addition to the village.

DC045256 was for a change of use from shops to flats for 14-20 Old Rectory Gardens (the parade above KFC, near to Cheadle Post Office).

That one was more problematic.  I was happy that this sort of village centre development was, in principle, positive.  More people living in our village centres means more people spending money and a more vibrant community.

Council officers were concerned that noise and smell from the take-aways might cause environmental health problems for anyone who moved in, though came down to grant on balance.

Residents of Dixon Court were concerned about the parking situation to the rear of Rectory Gardens in addition to littering and anti-social behaviour.

Because of a technical issue, we weren’t in a position to grant the application outright.

Our decision was to defer – to ask the application to come back to Area Committee either next month or the month after.  That will give time to sort out the technical issue I mentioned (to do with commuted sums) and look at how the concerns over parking, smell and noise might be dealt with.

(It was noted, though, that there’s nothing stopping a company moving into what are now offices, with forty people and forty cars, whereas the likely number of residents and cars is well under half that number).

A third application – DC045245 – for a two storey rear extension to 16 Turnnberry Road, Heald Green was also granted.

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