Two much needed crossings are set to be installed on Commercial Road in 2020. Local people have wanted a crossing for years, but Town Hall bosses let Hazel Grove down when funding was in place from Sainsbury’s. Your LibDem teams have campaigned for this as part of their road safety campaigns and two crossings are […]

The Council has announced a freeze on applications for new Residents Parking schemes for the next few months, and the development of a new scheme for residents parking. There will no doubt be a consultation on the new proposals in 2019. Here’s what we’ve been told by the Council: We are aware that there are […]

As residents of Hazel Grove Paul and Lou Ankers are passionately interested in how we can combat traffic congestion in our area. So, like many of you,  we were interested to see how the opening of the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road (A6MARR) would impact us. Whilst there have been some benefits, it’s clear that […]

    The A6 to M60 road is part of the SEMMMS strategy Goyt Valley SOS recently uncovered a letter from the department for transport (DfT) declining to fund the next stage of the A6 to M60 road scheme at the moment. The scheme includes the Hazel Grove A6 bypass. I strongly support Goyt Valley […]

After lengthy discussion and negotiation with McCarthy and Stone, planning officers are recommending that their plan for 40 new apartments on Commercial Road at the site of the former Royal Oak should be approved. A strong argument for the plans were the need for housing generally especially given that Stockport’s housing plans are getting older […]

It has been a long time coming but June will finally bring the McCarthy and Stone planning application for the former Royal Oak site on Commercial Road to Area Committee. Minor changes have been made to the design of the application to help meet planning officers concerns but it is not yet clear if all […]

Despite the efforts of the Liberal Democrat group with an amendment to the Labour budget that included a call to block the increase in parking charges in Stockport District Centres the increase was approved by a vote in the full council. The cost of one hour in our council car parks will increase from 20p […]

Stockport Liberal Democrats have pledged to freeze parking charges in district centres if they regain control at the Town Hall following this summer’s elections. Speaking about Labour’s proposals, Cllr Mark Hunter, leader of the Lib Dem Group, said: “Labour are proposing a huge hike in parking charges in some places. In the district centres, they […]

Following my email to the Mayor of Greater Manchester I received a telephone call from a Chief Inspector of Greater Manchester Police about the questions I had raised.  The call was very positive with some good news on Speeding and Dashcam videos. Dashcam Footage – Operation Considerate The main web pages on the GM Police […]

It is hugely disappointing to know that Police resources are so stretched that speeding motorists get so little attention that some people seem to think that they can get away with incredible speeds and dangerous driving on our roads. Recent announcements by the government that Police budgets are to be frozen this year (with a […]