Next Tuesday (22nd November) is the latest Area Committee meeting. As usual, the meeting starts at 6pm in the Upper Rooms above Tesco in Cheadle (access from the car park). All are welcome, and there are opportunities to ask questions of police, council officers and councillors.

In this meeting we will be looking at the Local Development Framework – Allocations Development Plan – which suggests possible uses for different parcels of land to help guide future developments. This is important.

Unfortunately, misinformation put out by the Conservatives has worried a lot of people into thinking that travellers’ sites are being proposed.

No travellers’ sites are being proposed. If any are in the future, you can sure that the Lib Dems will be at the very front, campaigning for residents.

This is about saying what sorts of development might be suitable for different parts of our area in the future – for example, would we be happy with housing on the former Tatton site? What about light industrial use on Cheadle Royal? What would our view be if John Lewis sold up and wanted to convert their store into a lot of smaller units, which might then compete with Cheadle, Gatley, Cheadle Hulme and Heald Green?

We have two planning applications – one relating to the Cheadle home of the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq – and both of which planning officers are recommending we grant.

Additionally, there will be discussion of the Council’s draft parking strategy, which looks at how we can best provide car parks, on-road parking, parking enforcement and the like across Stockport Borough.

Public Reports Pack, 22-11-2011 18-00, Cheadle Area Committee