There’s just a couple of weeks left to have your say on the Government’s new planning proposals. There’s been a good deal written about them. Some of it is nonsense (e.g. suggestions that the presumption in favour of development is something new – it’s existed since 1947). There are also valid concerns on how it [...]

Whether it’s crime or jobs, health or education, environment or transport, there are challenges and opportunities waiting for us in Stockport. This paper goes through them – looking at how Stockport is doing now on a range of different measures and seeing what’s coming down the track whether it’s the global economy, Government legislation or [...]

At the beginning of the year, we were told that the project to demolish the existing Warwick Mall in Cheadle and replace it with a new building would start in February.  The new building includes ground floor retail (which now looks like it will be Sainsbury’s) and 14 apartments on the first and second floors. [...]

Transport for Greater Manchester have launched a consultation to ask cyclists what they want to see from proposed cycle compounds and centres which are to be built in locations around Greater Manchester, including one in Stockport. The money to build them has come from a Government grant, and the plan is to get something on [...]

The Lib Dem team have secured a new pavement for Church Road, Gatley with more improvements to Gatley Green and Cheadle planned to follow. The new pavement, which some people may have seen being measured up over the last few days, will run on the south east side of Church Road, from the old Nat [...]

Despite as recent spate of burglaries in Lorna Grove, Dingle Grove and West End Avenue, Gatley, there is some good news: overall burglary figures are down in Gatley. There have been 39 burglaries from houses in the last three months, compared to 62 in the same three-month period last year. Police are also working on [...]

Police have warned of a new scam which has led to thousands of pounds being stolen from people taking money out from cash machines in Cheadle & Gatley. Thieves fit a “money trap” onto the cash machine.  When someone legitimately withdraws money, it goes into the trap and doesn’t emerge.  The innocent user goes away, [...]

One of the key parts of the Liberal Democrat budget proposals for next year is something called the “Public Realm review”. Stockport Council has to make savings of £13.5 million in the year 2012/13. We’ve got a proposal to merge road repairs, litter clearing and parks maintenance so that it will save over £750,000 without [...]

We’ve received a warning of a pair of thieves – one male, one female – tricking their way into people’s houses and stealing money. Several reports around Stockport and Manchester appear to be the same couple. (Update: Police have now issued a photofit image of the couple – see here) Typically, one or both people [...]

There are two coffee mornings in Gatley to raise money for Macmillan (if you know of any others in Gatley, Cheadle or nearby, please let us know – we’re happy to publicise them). 30th September Friday morning, 30 September at The Curtain Agency on Church Road . 1st October Saturday morning, 10am, 1st October at [...]