Respondent name
John Groves (Mr & Mrs Rothwell)
Responses
Respondent Type
Landowner/developer
Policy Name/Part of plan
GB1
Modification if applicable

The proposals map supporting PSV21 should be modified in line with the plan attached to this representation to remove 420 Stockport Road from the Green Belt.

Summary of comments

The is no apparent written deliberation as to the reason for the change of the Green Belt boundary proposed, where land to the south of Stockport Road as far as Pickering?s Bridge is now excluded from the Green Belt. It is clearly the case that the allocation of land to the south of the TPT is an influencing factor. This approach will however leave 420 Stockport Road as an isolated parcel of land, visually indistinguishable from land to the west, within the Green Belt. With exclusion of land to the west, but between Stockport Road and the TPT removed from the Green Belt, land at 420 serves very little purpose as Green Belt land. The TPT would provide a robust boundary to the south and the track and bridge across the TPT and the Canal would provide a logical termination to the ribbon of suburban development. Given the planning history of Barondale Grange it would seem highly likely that consideration will be given to the development of the site currently occupied by the alpaca farm. This would further reinforce the suburban character of land on the south side of Stockport Road. 420 Stockport Road retains all of its permitted development rights. It would be possible to add extensions and ancillary buildings to the site which would develop space up to the suggested Green Belt boundary. There is no logic in removing part of the ribbon of development occupying land between Stockport Road and the Transpennine Trail from the Green Belt whilst retaining 420 Stockport Road within it. The purpose and function of the Green Belt will not be diminished by the removal of 420 from it. The proposals map supporting PSV21 should be modified in line with the plan attached to this representation.