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While Bloor Homes, Great Places Housing Group, Clowes Developments, and Trafford College Group all walked away from the Thursday planning meeting with clear ‘go’ signals, Hollins Strategic Land will have to wait to get a result on its application for 278 homes in Cheadle.

Proposals to deliver 124 homes off Wilmslow Road and 159 homes off Stanley Road will head to Stockport Council’s planning committee armed with recommendations for approval. However, the area committee could not reach a decision on HSL’s plans for the Gatley Golf Club site.

If the list of development applications is anything to go by, the Cheadle area of Stockport is geared up for significant growth in the next few years.

Cambridge Power has secured planning permission for a 60MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Redcote Lane, Leeds.

St Helens Council has been recommended to greenlight the applications from Miller Developments and Hollins Strategic Land, respectively.

Formerly home to Darwen Moorland High School, the 45-acre plot at Holden Fold was acquired by the housebuilder last year for residential development.