Stockport doubles town centre homes ambition
The council has hired CBRE to draw up a strategic regeneration framework for 280 acres east of the town centre with plans to deliver 4,000 homes over the next 15 years.
Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation’s Town Centre East vision forms part of a wider £1bn transformation programme and aims to build on the success of the 130-acre Town Centre West over the last five years.
The 4,000 homes planned for the east of the town centre will build upon plans for the same amount in the west, some of which have already been built.
Earlier this year, the council and the MDC announced they were searching for consultants to map out the Town Centre East opportunity, which stretches eastwards from Wellington Road North to St Mary’s Way and northwards from Hempshaw Lane to the M60. Now, CBRE has been appointed to draw up an SRF for the area.
Cllr Mark Hunter, Leader of Stockport Council, said the development of the eastern portion of the town centre would position Stockport as a “leader in town centre living”.
“We’re more confident than ever in our ability to deliver 8,000 new homes and create a Stockport that stands out—benefiting everyone who lives, works, or visits here.”
Stockport partners will be hoping Town Centre East can bring a similar level of success to Town Centre West, the MDC’s maiden initiative.
Projects delivered and emerging within Town Centre West since it was established in 2019 include the revamped Stockport Interchange, Capital&Centric’s Wier Mill, the 170,000 sq ft Stockport Exchange office development, and Stockport 8 – a 1,200-home scheme being delivered by ECF.
“It is evident how much [the Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation] has shaped the transformation of our town,” Hunter said.
“This expansion will allow us to speed up the delivery of much-needed homes and build on the incredible progress we’ve already seen in Town Centre West. It will also give us an even more robust platform to provide much-needed social infrastructure to support the existing and new communities living in the town centre.”
Any of it affordable?
By Anonymous
The Stockport Lib Dems trying to pack more tiny flats into the centre does absolutely nothing to address the housing needs of actual Stockport people, particularly families needing more space, who need to be near work, family or support networks, or who just might not want Cllr Hunter’s army of Nimbys calling the shots all the time.
If some local people want to live near the town centre, or more likely it picks up an overspill from Manchester, fair enough, but MHCLG should be calling Stockport’s bluff over the continued refusal of its current leadership to consider anything beyond cynical local electoral considerations.
By Rotringer
Stockport council have you sorted the doctors and dentists and schools for all these new people moving into an already full area around Stockport town centre and edgeley I don’t think so 🤔
By Anonymous
I love the regeneration plan, however we need social housing, not just for professional people who can afford the £1000 rents per month. There is a 12yr waiting list! Homelessness has doubled, families are overcrowded. Come on Stockport Council do the right thing for Stockport people! Please.
By Linda Mair
And the drive to completely remove the soul of the town continues, along with the houses they want on the other side of the bus station by removing the business estate. Talk about short sighted.
By Dave
Diana Mutch – Stockport is run by the Liberal Democrats not by Labour and the proposed housing for central Stockport would be built by the private sector not by the council.
By Anonymous
Looks like an excellent plan. Building as many homes as possible in a dense, walkable town centre will help to revitalise that town centre and pay for the social services and affordable housing touted in this comments section. Places with high density populations pay less council tax than sparsely populated suburban areas. Want cheaper council tax? Support apartments.
By Anonymous
What about building a new hospital, premises for dentists, Drs and schools which Stockport sadly lacks. The town is in demise, shops are empty and Princess Street is a dump. The Council have got the planning for this town completely wrong by building tiny boxes in high rise to put people in rather than paying attention to the needs of the residents.
By J.J.
No quibble with more density in any one of the main towns of GM, but Stockport has it’s head in sand over greenbelt, and to cut to the chase, that means family-sized housing, which I’m guessing it wants other boroughs or Cheshire East to magically absorb. My sense is this is GM’s main structural issue i.e. has it cracked the code on adding urban density, yes, has it pulled through what that means 10-15 years down the line in terms of demand for family housing, not really.
By Rich X
Wasting public money again on farcial plans… When will the goverment step in and put an end to this…
By Anonymous
Equating a business estate to the soul of Stockport is the very definition of our soul.
By Anonymous
More and more houses. Countryside and open spaces destroyed but no increase in infrastructure. Total disregard for local residents
By Stockport resident
No doubt unimaginative, boring buildings
By Zed
Will this consider the already awful traffic from St Mary’s Way onto Hall Street.
By Wendy Entwistle
@ October 30, 2024 at 10:18 am
By Rich X
Townhouses are also a form of family housing. Plenty of these should be built within the town centre.
By Rye
If you don’t like it don’t vote for them! They’re not building these for the people of stockport
By Anonymous
@Stockport Resident – which part of the countryside / open spaces are being destroyed by increasing housing and density in the town centre? That’s the opposite of what Stockport Council are hoping to achieve!
By Anonymous
I’ve read elsewhere that 2,400 of these homes will be affordable. But important to remember that bringing people in is key. To redistribute wealth you’ve got to create it first.
By Joe Graham
I don’t understand all the negativity. The area proposed used to be full of housing until the motorway, then the out of town shopping killed off the town centre. Building homes again in the centre will be a good thing and means fewer homes will be built on green spaces surely?
By Donald