How Labour could keep control of Stockport town hall, despite the Lib Dems now being the largest group on the council
A party needs at least 32 councillors to form a majority on the 63-seat authority. That means there could still be everything to play for in the coming days.
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Developer accused of exploiting planning loophole to get away with below standard housing
The council does not have an up-to-date local plan so cannot insist on compliance from developers.
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A developer has been accused of exploiting a loophole after putting forward plans for homes which do not meet national standards.
Sarah Townsend
The council has asked landowners, land promoters and the public to propose non-greenfield sites for redevelopment, as it starts to draw up its own local plan after withdrawing from the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework last year.
Stockport Council decided to leave the GMSF – now called Places for Everyone – last December due to concerns over Green Belt release raised by local Conservatives and others. The other nine Greater Manchester boroughs are now pressing ahead with a revised strategy for allocating land for employment and housing across the city-region, without Stockport.
But the decision leaves Stockport under pressure to produce a separate local plan that delivers on the steep housing targets imposed on Greater Manchester boroughs under national planning policy. Mayor Andy Burnham claimed in a letter to Stockport’s Conservative MPs last year: “The GMSF allows the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs to share out the numbers of homes that each individua
Call for sites as town hall draws up new brownfield-first housing plan
It comes after the borough dramatically pulled out of the region’s Greater Manchester Spatial Framework strategy last year.
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People in Stockport are being urged to suggest brownfield sites for future housing development.
Could Stockport council change hands again at next monthâs local elections?
The town hall is s currently under no overall control, with Labour and the Lib Dems each having 26 councillors.
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Itâs been two years since Stockport voters last went to the polls to have their say on who runs the town hall.