Keith Holloway, Pam King, Iain Roberts and Mark Hunter MP wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This Christmas card was designed by Austin Douglas, aged nine, a pupil at Oakgrove Primary School in Heald Green.  Austin is the winner of Mark Hunter’s 2011 Christmas Card competition.

Last year the Lib Dems worked with the residents on Depleach Road, Cheadle to look for a solution to parking problems. The issue was, and is, that inconsiderate drivers are parking in Depleach Road in such a way as to partially block driveways and make it very difficult for residents to get in and out [...]

Councillors have agreed to install new signs around the chicanes on St Ann’s Road North in Heald Green and Gatley. The signs will bring the chicanes up to the latest modern standards and hopefully will reduce the instances of motorists trying to run the chicanes – dashing through when there really isn’t the time to [...]

Local neighbourhood police are to move out of the Cheadle Heath police station into the Cheadle police post, which has been closed for several years. The post will be staffed, but won’t have a public desk (residents will be able to make an appointment to see the police there). Local police are looking forward to [...]

Following a thorough consultation with residents, councillors have voted to make the South Park Road estate a 20mph zone, without speed humps. The consultation initially came back with several options having roughly equal support, and the top option overall being for a 20mph zone with speed humps on the Kingsway Service Road.  However, a closer [...]

Local Lib Dems are celebrating a breakthrough in the long-running campaign to improve the Kingsway junction. Peak queueing time for cars turning right from Cheadle at the Kingsway junction are predicted to be slashed from 10 minutes to just two minutes, with similar improvements on the Gatley side. That’s what the modelling predicts will happen [...]

BAE Systems today announced that it had sold its Woodford Site, in Cheshire to Avro Heritage Limited, a company jointly owned by JCB heir Jo Bamford and Harry Harvey. The sale is effective immediately. Avro Heritage Limited has vowed to ensure that Woodford’s proud association with the aviation industry is reflected in the future development [...]

This week’s planning applications include Cheadle swimming baths, Shiers Drive, want to install solar panels on their roof (48560) The planned Indian Take-away at 7 Church Road, Gatley applying for permission for a fascia sign and other amendments (48715 and 48716) Various other extensions and similar home improvements

Here are the latest leaflets we’re delivering in Cheadle and Gatley. Cheadle and Gatley Lib Dem leaflets, December 2011(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

Last year the Lib Dems worked with the Council to get flooding issues fixed around Cheadle & Gatley. Problem spots on Longley Lane, Schools Hill, West Drive, Gatley Green, Old Hall Road, Gatley Road, Broadway and others were sorted. In several cases, significant work was done to improve the drainage. For example, the Cheadle Road [...]