Stockport Lib Dems have stopped an attempt by council officers to prevent market traders handing out red roses on St George’s Day. “When I was told about this on Friday, I thought the idea was completely daft and I asked it to be sorted out right away. Senior council officers agreed and, within an hour, […]

For years everyone has complained about the decline in Merseyway shopping centre, and for years the Council has been unable to act, with the centre in private ownership. Now, for the first time, we have the opportunity to not only bring Merseyway up to date but to do in a way that doesn’t cost council […]

We’ve received several complaints that people working on the Barnes Hospital site are parking on the South Park Road Estate. We have contacted the council, and a formal email has now been sent to the Barnes developer pointing out that this is breaking the law as the estate is “no entry except for access”. Hopefully […]

Area Committee meetings in election periods tend to be shorter – the rules say councils are meant to avoid taking contentious decisions so items often get pushed back. This is the last area committee before the location elections. It’s on Tuesday 19th April 2016, 6pm at the Ladybridge Park Residents Club, Edenbridge Road, Cheadle Hulme […]

Last month Keith and the team consulted residents on a number of smaller road safety schemes. We asked on this website, on Facebook and we delivered letters to every affected house. The results are in, so here’s what you told us. Cars going the wrong way along Gatley Green Your general view was that, while […]

Get ready for the starter pistol!

The Elda Cafe on Church Road, Gatley, has been through a couple of incarnations and looks set for another – if the licence they’ve applied for is granted. Application for a Premises Licence Applicant: Naim Maleci Premises Address: 1a Church Road, Gatley, SK8 4NG Application date: 05/04/2016 Activities applied for: The supply of alcohol on […]

Here is the full list of all the candidates standing in the 21 wards for the elections to Stockport Council on May 5th 2016.

The planning application by the Seashell Trust to build a new school at their current site, and to fund the cost by selling land they own to the north of the site for housing, has been submitted. The application (60928) is now live on the Council website and you can view it here. The Seashell […]

It’s election time, which means that the Conservatives are putting out a leaflet – having done absolutely nothing since the General Election. And, of course, they want to tell us that they can solve the problem of the Kingsway junction. And to be honest that frustrates me – for three reasons. 1. The Lib Dems […]