Plans in for redevelopment of crumbling Stockport mill complex into 141 homes 

A group of local business owners has worked up proposals for a residential scheme on the site of the dilapidated Compstall Mill.

The 141-home proposal, lodged in outline with Stockport Council, come almost 20 years since Ask put forward plans to redevelop the derelict 19th-century Stockport industrial complex.

Compstall Mill 2025, whose directors are Sarah Jackson, Michael Clark, Philip Newton, Thomas Simpson, acquired the site next to Etherow Country Park at auction last year from Euro Property Investments with the intention of revamping the four-acre site off Andrew Street in Compstall.

New-build homes would be constructed along Andrew Street while Albert and Victoria mills would be converted into apartments.

The two retained buildings, Victoria Mill and the Gatehouse, will be converted into 39 and six apartments respectively. The arson-damaged Albert Mill is to be demolished and replaced with a building featuring 48 flats.

A smaller new-build apartment block would feature six flats and there would be a total of 41 houses fronting Andrew Street and the River Etherow.

Areas of public realm and improved links through the site connecting the park with Andrew Street also form part of the vision.

In 2008, Ask Developments announced its intention to redevelop Compstall Mills, with plans for 122 apartments and houses and 25,000 sq ft of commercial space worked up. However, the project did not progress.

Woodford Land and Planning is advising the consortium and Buju Architects is leading on design.

To learn more, search for reference number DC/100094 on Stockport Council’s planning portal.