FIREM revives plans for major Stockport industrial
The Chorley-based developer has acquired the Bredbury Gateway site and drawn up fresh plans for around 500,000 sq ft of employment accommodation after a previous bid for a 1m sq ft scheme was rejected by the local council in 2021.
FI Real Estate Management has launched a public consultation on its proposals for sheds ranging from 1,000 sq ft to 60,000 sq ft on land immediately north of Bredbury Industrial Estate.
FIREM, which is also behind the redevelopment of Botany Bay off Junction 8 of the M61, intends to lodge a planning application for the revised Bredbury Gateway scheme later this year.
Tim Knowles, founder and managing director of FI Real Estate Management, said the development would meet a “clear and demonstrable need for good quality modern and flexible employment units” in the area.
“The site is highly sustainable, being a natural extension to Bredbury Park Industrial Estate and our proposals would deliver a significant number of new jobs which will benefit residents of both Stockport and Tameside,” he said.
“Our design approach will be sensitive to the setting of the site and we will maximise retention of existing green infrastructure, and offer new woodland planting and landscaping.”
Knowles and the whole FIREM team will be hoping to fare better than Quorum Estates did in its bid to redevelop the 72-acre site.
The firm had sought outline consent for 574,000 sq ft of industrial space and full permission for 429,000 sq ft at the site.
The proposals were initially even larger, with 1.2m sq ft proposed. However, the scheme was scaled back in a bid to address concerns from neighbouring Tameside Council.
Despite reducing the scale of the project, Quorum’s plans were rejected by Stockport Council in March 2021 against officer recommendation.
Quorum appealed the refusal but was knocked back by the Planning Inspectorate.
The public consultation on FIREM’s plans will be held held on Thursday 13 June: 3pm-6pm at Woodley Civic Hall, Hyde Road, Woodley, SK6 1QG, and 6.30pm-8pm at Denton St Lawrence Cricket Club, Sycamore Park, Clayton St, Denton, Manchester M34 6LY.
Further details will be provided on our consultation website: www.bredbury-development.co.uk
Ah yes… “highly sustainable” by bringing hundreds (dare I say thousands) of extra HVGs through Denton a year, ripping up the Green Belt and damaging the Haughton Dale Nature Reserve.
By Aevis
Get it built and get some jobs available for the local community.
By Gethin
Disappointing that the council would cut in half job opportunities for the local community
By Anonymous
Bredbury Industrial Estate is already very large and is putting too much pressure on the existing main roads. Any future extensions should not be allowed by the LA unless a new spur road direct to the M60 orbital motorway is constructed .
By Paul griffiths
I personally don’t think we need more industrial units being built in Stockport . We need to be saving the Green Belt not damaging Haughton Dale Nature Reserve. The roads wont be able to cope with all the additional HGVs in Denton. Look around Stockport and see how many have empty units. Whitehill, Birdhall Lane etc
By Anonymous
The site is green belt and designated as protected status after the rejected Quorum bid at every level..planning, local, regional and finally by the Secretary of State. Its a nonsense a fresh application will even be considered and will be fought by all local interest groups. The road infrastructure is also simply not sustainable for this type of development. The environmental damage will be disastrous and the proximity to local housing in Woodley will be vehimeny opposed by out neighbours…
By Stingers
Is the link to the public consultation available?
By Anonymous
Hi, Anonymous. The link to the webpage can be found at the bottom of the article. Cheers, Dan
By Dan Whelan
Disappointed to see greenbelt land going. This will attract more cars and HGVs through the already busy Bredbury area. The road infrastructure isn’t there to support this in opinion. There are already empty units in other areas of Stockport why do we need more.
By LB
I walked past this area today, didn’t see one person making use of the area. More industrial units, more income to the Stockport area.
By Ivor Biggun
Why o why do we have to continue this onslaught into green belt. There are a number of empty premises on the Bredbury industrial estate
already which can easily be made smaller for companies. NO to this proposed new development. It will damage the Haughton Dale Nature
reserve.
PS> Have you seen the traffic on Stockport Rd lately. Horrendous !!
By the way. Tried to contact you by telephone but the phone number on the leaflet seems to be the wrong one as it does not ring out.
By Diane O'Brien
How dare shameside council have the bare face cheek to apose this site as building on green belt when there are planning to do the exact same thing in gee Cross and what s worse call it a green village!
By More green belt gone
Roads can not cope with traffic now it will just get worse with more H.G.V and more traffic
By Anonymous
Councillor Andrew Gwynne and his colleagues spending much of their time fighting this development in Stockport yet agreeing to developing on greenbelt land in their own area -Tameside!!! Hypocrites the lot of them!!!
By Anonymous