Report back from this week’s Cheadle Area Committee, covering the three wards of Cheadle & Gatley, Cheadle Hulme North and Heald Green. The Area Committee meets monthly at the Ladybridge Park Residents Club, Edenbridge Road, Cheadle Hulme. Meetings are always on Tuesdays and always start at 6pm.

Development application for a new building with three dwellings to the rear of 8 Brooklyn Road, Cheadle
The application (52620) was to demolish the existing industrial building and contruct a new building with three dwellings and three parking spaces.

Concerns were raised by local residents covering three issues.

• Whether there was a legal access along the existing drive to the buildings. Different parts of the drive are owned by five different people/bodies. We established that granting planning permission had no impact on rights of way or access. If there were to be an issue, that would be separate from the planning process and we didn’t take a view either way on the debate over access.
• We were satisfied that, thanks to the work of the Council’s conservation officer, the proposal before us was suitable for a conservation area.
• The issue of traffic was raised, with three parking spaces by the new dwellings. There was concern that this would be an increase in traffic along the driveway, which is probably correct. However, in planning terms we could only reject the application if there was an increase over the traffic that could exist with another current use.  In other words, we have to ask what the site could be used for without any additional planning permission, and if such a use could generate more traffic than three cars for private dwellings, we couldn’t reject it on that basis.

Overall we saw no grounds to reject the application and so granted it. We asked for an informant note to be added regarding the discussion that had taken place about rights of access.

Development application for Queens Road Primary School, Cheadle Hulme

This planning application is to demolish the existing Queens Road and Orrishmere Primary School buildings and build a new larger school on the Queens Road site. The new school will eventually have around 620 pupils, compared to 210 in each of the existing schools and this will provide needed primary school spaces for Cheadle Hulme in the coming years.

Concerns were raised about drainage, construction works and parking. We recommended the application for approval with a number of conditions and suggestions around the problem areas. Sport England have raised a formal objection because, although the development will see a net increase in green space, there will be a reduction in marked sports pitches, so the final decision will be made by the Secretary of State.

Adswood Biomass, Adswood Road

We recommended that the application to establish a biomass plantation at Adswood be granted, with the final decision to be made by Planning and Highways.

Manchester Road speed limit

We approved a reduction in the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph on Manchester Road, Cheadle between the River Mersey and the village (where a 20mph limit will take effect).

Ashfield Crescent

We approved additional yellow lines in front of the surgery and chemist on Ashfield Crescent (from the corner of Ashfield Road) to reduce problems with school parking along that section.

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