Miller tables 130-home Stockport plans
The housebuilder wants to construct homes on a 20-acre site in Woodford.
Miller Homes has been working on the proposals for well over a year and consulted on plans for 125 properties on the Moor Lane site in 2025.
Now, the housebuilder has submitted an outline application for 130 homes on the plot, with 50% of the properties to come forward as affordable.
Miller claims the site meets the criteria to be designated as Grey Belt but the council disagrees.
Failure to see eye to eye on this point could be crucial once the application comes up for determination. Stockport Council’s housing land supply position – around 1.7 years against a target of five – will place the local authority on the back foot when it comes to efforts to protect its Green Belt.
Stockport Council has been criticised for pulling out of the Places for Everyone joint strategic plan for Greater Manchester and not moving quickly enough to update its local plan, which some believe have emboldened housebuilders.
Miller’s scheme is one of several large housing developments to come forward in the area.
Plans for more than 1,000 homes are in the works south of Miller’s Moor Lane site, with both Harrow Estates and Russell LDP seeking to deliver 540 properties at the former Woodford Aerodrome.
Meanwhile, Jones Homes wants to build 250 homes – half of which would be affordable – on Green Belt immediately north of the Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road and east of Hall Moss Lane.
Miller’s vision for 130 homes, planned for the opposite side of the link road from Jones’ scheme – would bring the total number of new homes proposed in the area over recent months to 1,480. Stockport’s annual housing target is just shy of 2,000 units a year.
To learn more about the project search for reference number DC/099029 on Stockport Council’s planning portal.
Pegasus is advising on planning and design.
It’s a housing free-for-all. When will SMBC come up with a rational, coherent plan that curbs over development in areas where house prices are high. Surely there are other parts of Stockport to build on?
By Mick Miller
Houses already proposed on the field to the south. Houses already proposed on the site to the north-west across the A555. This will result in Woodford joining the main urban area of Bramhall.
By Anonymous
Same as West Lancs, lack of 5 years means developers can do what they like. Should be a moratorium on no green belt development until the supply issue is sorted. Firm date to be set by the Planning Inspectorate and personal liability on Chief Planning Officers if timescale not met.
By Anon
@ Mick Miller June 16, 2026 at 10:33 am
Stockport’s draft local plan consulted on at the end of last year proposed more homes in Stockport town centre, with some of the lowest house prices in the borough, than anywhere else. The problem with that approach, as I’m sure many developers probably including Miller Homes, will have pointed out, is that it isn’t viable without public subsidy. Developers will only build in places where they’re going to make money – they’re businesses, not charities.
By Anonymous
Looks like sensible infill of a site, cannot ‘sprawl’ anywhere as it is contained by the roads and houses. Hopefully some good publicly accessible green space is created for the nearby residents to enjoy and good soundproofing from the link road. The public right of way could do with an upgrade too. Improvements to bus routes along Moor Lane needed?
Not sure whether ‘curbing house building where prices are high’ has any logic, house prices are high as there’s a chronic shortage.
By Anonymous
Are there any plans for a Doctor’s Surgery and Schools in the plan or do the near bye areas have to accommodate the demand ? If so they should be restricted to areas within the Stockport Metropolitan area
By Rob
Green belt means nothing. The road and health infra structure does not exist to accommodate the new builds.
By Anthony Nield
Courtesy comment unlikely to be read by anyone, but contributions to health, education, highway improvements, bus improvements etc etc are baked into every scheme through legal agreements. It is always the same complaints
By Anonymous
Most of Woodford is subject to regular flooding due to the high water table. Concreting over acres of grassland would increase the risk and inspite of builders promising enhanced drainage provision would possibly leave householders with uninsurable properties.
Builders seek enhanced profits from building in a ‘desirable’ area apparently without any moral values. Once greenbelt is lost, it’s gone forever which future generations may consider unforgivable.
By Tamarind
Why do people have to make stuff up? I live locally and most of Woodford is NOT subject to regular flooding. This site certainly has some flooding issues so why not focus on that rather than pretending Woodford is in The Fens or something? It undermines the argument against and does nothing to dispel the idea that those opposed are nothing more than NIMBYs who are very happy with their home in Woodford but would rather other people didn’t have one.
By Aquarius
There are already so many new apartments and houses in Stockport & suburbs. What about new primary & secondary schools, GP surgeries, hospitals and other amenities to support an ever growing population in Stockport? It’s outrageous that big property developers keep getting the green light to build more houses and the local authority are not addressing their own housing crisis “Stockport Homes” with lack of affordable houses and a lot of substandard housing that their tenants are already living in. The local authority needs to look at the strain on their educational provisions and build schools to meet the needs of their communities.
By Alison Clarkson
Anonymous @ June 17, 5.49pm: You were right: Unread (at least by some). Very discourteous.
By Aquarius
It is pretty disgusting that we are seeing all our green/ grey belts being taken away by these greedy builders who just want to build & disrupt all our nature & surrounding areas with bricks & mortar….the infrastructure just can’t take anymore traffic and again there will be cases of flooding yet again….the housing will not even be affordable for those people trying to get no the property ladder…and then the properties will be left empty for years & who will pay for them us the tax payer for nothing… get real and think about what your doing..
By Anonymous