Stockport Council is encouraging interested parties to give their views on the proposed specification of green space maintenance. The Council is creating a new Public Realm Service which will commission a wide range of services including the maintenance of public green spaces. A draft contract document has been produced and the Council welcomes comments and [...]

For those of you with nothing else to do on Tuesday 14th February, why not come along to Cheadle Area Committee in the Upper Rooms above Tesco, Cheadle. Business includes Consultation on the Council’s proposed Obstructions policy, to reduce the problems of A-boards and similar obstructions on the pavements Proposals for improvements to Gatley Green [...]

Gone are the days of long, obscure audit reports stretching to hundreds of pages. These days the auditor provides something short, punchy and almost understandable for us mere mortals. This is the audit report for the year 2010/11 for Stockport Council, which the auditor published just a few days ago. I’m going to pick out [...]

From Stockport Council: Stockport has achieved the highest number of new 16-18 Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships in Greater Manchester in a 12 month period in 2010/2011. A total of a 307 16-18 year olds started an Advanced (L3/A Level standard) Apprenticeship in the borough from July 2010 to July 2011 – a 77% increase on [...]

Stockport’s economic strategy for the next five years seeks to build on our success as a borough in having a high-skilled population with lower unemployment than the Greater Manchester or UK averages. 34.7% of working age residents have a degree or higher qualification, well above the national average. Our residents are highly productive and have [...]

Stockport Council works with many partners to reduce crime. This report is about young people, where we work to stop youngsters committing crimes in the first place and, for those who do, work hard to move them off the path of criminality. The number of young people entering the criminal justice system for the first [...]

The next Cheadle Area Committee is on Tuesday 17th January 2012. Some of the items on the agenda are: Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue presentation on their Corporate Plan consultation for 2012-15 Presentation from FLAG – the organisation that helps people find the right advice on adult health and social care issues locally in stockport. [...]

The next Cheadle Area Committee is on Tuesday 20th December 2011. Items up for discussion include proposals for new traffic signals on slip road from M60 onto Kingsway 20mph zone and speed humps on South Park Road estate new signage for chicanes on St Ann’s Road North. Cheadle Area Committee Dec 2011(function() { var scribd [...]

In yesterday’s election, Offerton Parish residents have rejected Labour and elected ten Parish Councillors from the “No More Parish, No More Bills” non-partisan campaign supported by the Lib Dems and others. Why did we have Parish Council elections in December in Offerton? Here’s the background: Following an extensive public consultation last year, Stockport Council had [...]

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