Excellent news from the Council: This weekend saw Stockport’s town centre car parks jam-packed with keen shoppers, with numbers more than doubling since last month. On Saturday 3 September town centre retailers came together to arrange Stockport Festival, which attracted more than 40,000 visitors. And on Tuesday 6 September, Stockport was full to the brim […]

A number of residents have contacted the Lib Dem team with concerns about the Gothic pub. Under the previous management the pub had numerous problems with anti-social behaviour, noise and other issues. New management are looking to re-open the pub as a wine bar, and have told us they are looking to attract wealthier customers […]

County may have fallen from their peak as a mid-championshipship-table club who could see off Man City to this year falling out of the League for the first time in 106 years, but can their new manager turn things around for the club? A good piece in the Guardian gives a flavour of what’s to […]

Anyone passing the Gothic on Church Road, Gatley will see that the builders are in.  The building is being revamped inside with a view to open as a  wine bar. Several residents have expressed their concerns to me, worried that problems with the previous Gothic – loud noise, anti-social behaviour and the like – will […]

Our local MP Mark Hunter started the the campaign to save the cheque back in 2009. It not only attracted a lot of support locally, but also across the country with MPs and campaigners from all parties taking up the call. And this week we’ve had the news that the campaign has been successful – […]

As of 5pm today, Raja of Cheadle joined the ranks of restaurants in Cheadle and Gatley – we wish it every success.  Raja is at 2a Gatley Road – just down from the White Hart. We’ve got an impressive selection of restaurants and cafes and Cheadle and Gatley now – from coffee shops and ice […]

Local councillors have received a letter from Tesco about the store being built at the Red Lion on Church Road. Feel free to post your comments – I’ll answer as best I can or contact Tesco for answers as needed.

I visited the new Tatton House Studio yesterday, a purpose build exercise studio just down from Gatley Medical Centre at 11 Old Hall Road. Vered Hofton takes classes including Pilates, Zumba and Tai Chi.  There’s also something called Gyrotonic – a stretching class using special apparatus that’s apparently great for improving your flexibility and for […]

A planning application has been received by the Council to turn 80 Church Road (most recently “Flowers by Design”, next to the temporary fireworks shop at Gatley Green) into a coffee shop. You can see the application on the Council website, though it looks like not all the documentation is yet online.

Sainsburys at Cheadle Royal is looking to expand and they’re consulting local residents before putting in a planning application sometime in the next few months. The main changes are bigger store (darker orange section in the diagram is the new area). store selling wider range of products.  They also want to make all the aisles […]