When the first draft of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework was published it included the call for over 12,000 new homes to be built on Greenbelt land in Stockport across the next 20 years.

Understandably, many people were very concerned, especially in the areas with large allocations of homes;  locally, land around High Lane was identified for an additional 4,000 homes.

Proposed High Lane Greenbelt Release

One of the most common questions was why is more not being done to reuse sites that have previously been developed or have empty buildings on them.  Stockport has always done well reusing brownfield sites but clearly it is even more important now. As many sites as possible must be identified and evaluated to reduce the amount of Greenbelt land that has to be released.

Oddly, at the last Environment and Economy committee, the Labour administration proposed  that brownfield sites be passed back to Council Area Committees around Stockport.  I made my thoughts clear; it MUST be possible to let the council know about brownfield sites on the council website and they have now done this.

Register a Brownfield Site

You can now register a brownfield site that the council may not know about here.