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Government opens consultation on 35% increase to planning fees

The government has launched a technical consultation on plans to increase planning fees for major developments by 35%; a 25% increase is proposed for other applications. The government's plans aim to improve the performance of local authority planning departments by increasing their funding … [Read more...]

CMA to launch review into home building and renting practices

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced two separate studies to investigate the competitiveness of practices in the home building and private rental sectors. The work has been sparked by widespread problems over housing availability and costs facing both buyers and renters. On … [Read more...]

Mixed use scheme approved at Woodford Garden Village

A mixed-use scheme of approximately 15,800 sq ft commercial space and six apartments has been granted planning approval as part of the ongoing Woodford Garden Village. Proposed on the site of the disused Woodford Aerodrome and former Bodycote Heat Treatment Works on Stockport's outskirts, the two … [Read more...]

Levelling Up Home Building Fund opens to SME housebuilders

The government's Levelling Up Home Building Fund has opened to improve access to finance for SME housebuilders, offering development loans from £250,000. The scheme has the dual aim of helping to ensure more homes are built in all parts of England to meet the nation's housing needs, while also … [Read more...]

Work set to begin on Underbanks regeneration schemes

Developers, Hall & Co, are set to begin work in early 2023 on the regeneration of four disused buildings in Stockport town centre's Underbanks. Plans were given approval late in 2021 to convert found disused properties into a mixture of apartments, affordable homes and ground floor retail … [Read more...]

Councils given extra funding in crackdown on unsafe cladding

Local authorities across the UK have been awarded over £8 million to support enforcement teams to pursue building owners yet to replace of unsafe cladding. Councils with higher proportions of tall buildings, particularly in Greater Manchester, Greater London and the West Midlands, have been … [Read more...]

Stockport Local Plan consultation to begin in January

An eight-week consultation on Stockport's Local Plan is due to begin on 23rd January 2023, after being postponed earlier this autumn. The Local Plan sets out the borough's vision for future development in the borough, and is a statutory document used by council's to assess planning applications, … [Read more...]

Plans submitted for over 150 new homes in Heald Green

Great Places Housing Group and Clowes Developments have submitted plans for a development of 157 new homes to be built in Heald Green. The submission of a planning application to Stockport Council follows a public consultation on the scheme during the summer of 2022. The site, between Wilmslow … [Read more...]

200 new apartments set to move forward at Edgeley mill

Stockport Council has been recommended to approve the development of over 200 new apartments at the former Springmount Mill site off Brinksway in Edgeley. If approved, proposals will see 202 new apartments developed on the site off Brinksway in Edgeley, close the town centre and just outside of … [Read more...]