Story readies plans for 300 Hazel Grove homes

Another one for the “Oldham 31” to follow the progress of

Just goes to show what a horrific decision it was to pull out of Places for Everyone! Stockport residents and members were very cocky at the time I seem to remember. Come back to bite them now!

Stockport Lib Dems what have you done? For short term political gain in pulling out of the GM Places for Everyone planning initiative you have put the Greenbelt around the Borough at risk of over development. I hope the voters remember this ludicrous decision.

GREENBELT needs to be protected .The governments own documents stipulate that a critical reason for maintaining GREENBELT is to check the unrestricted Sprawl of large built up areas -.New developments such as this on the limited GREENBELT we enjoy accelerates Urban Sprawl and massively reduces the Openess that is a significant contributor to our community’s well being

Proposed developments of this type are in total contradiction of the Governments National Planning Policy Framework . Hazel Grove is a built up area now and the few Greenbelt areas we have need to be protected .
Greenbelts are purposely created to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built up areas . This proposed development will destroy our precious unspoilt Greenbelt and is in total contradiction of the principles of Greenbelt retention. It is hoped that the Hazel Grove community rouse up to add their weigh to the campaign to Stop the Urban sprawl

Oh jesus christ please no more no more don’t need to loss the green. Stay safe the green please.

They talk of 300 homes here, all built on green belt, quality farmed land. With access for probably 600 vehicles through an existing housing estate, discharging onto an already over busy main road.

The leaflet being distributed shows only 250 homes, and this report includes fields not in their own publicity document, fields in green belt and including the local brook.

This would be a development on greenbelt land in an area that has major traffic issues and overcrowded hospitals, doctors etc
They will face massive opposition from the locals

I travel along torkington road and traffic is horrendous getting to hazel grove this project would create a nightmare. As for affordable housing I’m sure there will be nothing below £200k.

Green belt noo out off order this no more homes on Green belt

Traffic very very heavy on Torkington road so think this a really bad idea on green belt in an already crowded area with gridlock

If Green space is sacraficed certainly not for low density single homes but for appartement building which offers space fir more people. And where is a new tram route or rail station please? Or do they want everybody to travel by car to increase congetion?!

Please can you tell the residents where are you going to build a school, a Doctors. Are you extending Stepping Hill it’s over crowded now. What about air pollution. Chris Witty has just published a report on air pollution. What about all the traffic it’s bad enough trying to get to get to Stockport. 300 homes could be 1300 people and 600 – 900 cars. Does greed come into this

There completely covering the Green belt with houses along Jackson’s Lane from Wallbank Rd to Dean Lane the traffic will be horrendous .

It’s probably going to be considered grey belt (I’m sure the developers will say it is) so it wouldn’t be inappropriate development in the greenbelt given Stockport’s almost non-existent housing land supply. They’d still have to meet the golden rules though – 50% affordable housing, greenspace to meet the needs of new residents and – critically – ‘necessary infrastructure. It also, to be considered appropriate, has to be located so that new residents have a genuine choice of modes of transport.

Looks like most of these homes will be a walkable distance to the town centre and the railway station. Hazel Grove will fall within the tap and go Bee Network Network Rail by 2028, there’s a decent % that are affordable. All-in-all has a lot going for it.

Stockport, especially the south areas like Hazel Grove, Bramhall and Woodford is in dire need of more housing so great to see progress like this. But could it have a negative effect of the future viability of the A6 to M60 link road using up that space? if that were to ever come back into consideration? Have to see if the project has accounted for this

Greenbelt isn’t the epitome of greenspace that many of these comments seem to think. It is accessible? There is one footpath across it to the north, hardly a thriving space for people to enjoy the greenery. Also saying it is prime farmland is ludicrous. It is a bit of boring grassland grazed by cows or cut for silage. That isn’t prime farmland and is a desert for wildlife. Greenbelt hysteria is a diversion from the real issues of lack of real urban regeneration and protecting/restoring wildlife habitats that can be real spaces for people to actually access and enjoy. Look at Hazel Grove town centre that has loads of underused spaces and could be a better location for actual public transport connected housing as well as drive some more footfall and life back into the centre.

Restricting “urban sprawl” to protect “green places” means more folk living in “rabbit hutches”. Apartments and houses are getting narrower and narrower. Maybe these islands are over-populated. Just an idea.

The final complete destruction of this area that was once a lovely green and pleasant VILLAGE. Find some BROWNFIELD SITE.

This is disgraceful, the government’s and council are always banging on about the environment yet they continually dig up our green belt . There are plenty of brown sites build on those!!!

Anonymous 10:51, you missed the the most important attribute of the green belt.
It stops incessant sprawl.

We need to improve the use of the land we’ve already taken for urban and industrial purposes and make better use of it. Not just keep moving on to a new sites constantly after we’ve made a mess on the last one.

You cant just take a fresh glass from the shelf every time you want a drink, at some point you have to do the dishes and clean up after yourself. Green belt is one of the few mechanisms we have to make the lazy and greedy get their marigolds on!

Not more on the green belt surely ! Stockport council are a disgrace 🤬 will be remembered when the elections come round !!

Greenbelt land should remain greenbelt and not be built on. This decision could be costly to the Liberals come voting time.

Didn’t the former leader recently say pulling out of the GMSF was absolutely the right thing to do! Surely he can’t still believe that? The blame for this mess lies completely with the local politicians being incredibly shortsighted

By the time Stockport Council issues its much awaited new Local Plan in would you believe it December 2027 all the Green Belt sites will have gone and there will be nothing left to protect – there’s literally a new housing application every week on the Green Belt in the Borough – complete loss of control

What will be left mirlees sold off now this plus others shameful.

Lets get infrastructure sorted first, doctors, schools, decent public transport, road systems as it is ridiculous. Why green belt? Use the brown sites first. It is yet again greed, and money that drives this and it wont be affordable housing for people who need it thats a given

This is only phase 1 of the development
With traffic in the area this cannot be allowed

There will be huge turnout with objections

Think your self lucky
Our Greenbelt is being used for the huge relocation of the Trafford Freight Terminal
The sooner we get this Government out the better.
There will be no Greenbelt left at this rate.

Protect Hazel Grove Green belt

Surely that is the site for the ring road from the A555 to Bredbury. A road that is deperately needed

@Anonymous 1:48 pm
Well then that should be the argument not ‘its destroying green spaces’ ‘what about farmland’ or ‘think of the wildlife’. Greenbelt is outdated and needs to be completely overhauled, but every argument is about traffic or loss of green space. People are missing the point that greenbelt is green washing and doesn’t consider the real loss of accessible green spaces or biodiversity decline

You have got to be kidding.
This country has gone to the dogs.

Absolutely outrageous. Hazel grove is a nightmare now to drive thru . Swamped with houses . You so called planners don’t have to live here . Greed .

Ridiculous the roads will be gridlocked worse than they are already .Perhaps a representative from the builders should come to Torkington Rd and queue and see what they think then.They seem to indicate they have only our best interests but I am sure someone will be making financial gains from it all.

The latest proposal by Story Homes to build 300 houses in Hazel Grove represents yet another case of unchecked, aggressive development across Stockport that is quickly spiralling out of control.

Place North West – Story Readies Plans for 300 Hazel Grove Homes

This comes on the heels of proposals for:
• 125 homes by Miller Homes in Woodford
• 250 homes by Jones Homes on Hall Moss Lane
• 540 homes at the former Woodford Aerodrome
• 545 homes by Russell LDP across Bramhall and Handforth

We are now looking at over 1,700 new homes being pushed in a narrow corridor between Bramhall, Woodford, Handforth, and now Hazel Grove — without any corresponding plan for roads, healthcare, schools, or environmental protection.

Let’s be absolutely clear:
• Hazel Grove does not have the infrastructure to cope with an influx of hundreds of new households.
• GP surgeries are already overstretched, and residents face weeks-long waits for basic appointments.
• Local schools are at capacity with no plans for new ones.
• The A6 corridor is already one of the most congested and polluted routes in Greater Manchester.
• Public transport links remain limited, inconsistent, and underfunded.

To add insult to injury, many of these developments are targeting greenfield land and open countryside — not brownfield regeneration, not community-led housing — but open space destruction, driven purely by developer profit.

Story Homes is yet another major housebuilder attempting to force through speculative plans while the council delays updating its Local Plan. Developers are exploiting Stockport’s current planning vacuum to push proposals through piecemeal, hoping the full impact gets lost in the noise.

We will not let that happen.

This is not a sustainable housing solution. It’s a slow-motion collapse of planning discipline, environmental responsibility, and public service resilience.

I strongly oppose this proposal and demand:
1. A moratorium on large-scale housing applications in Stockport until the Local Plan is finalised and proper impact assessments are published.
2. A commitment to prioritising brownfield redevelopment, not the destruction of green and community spaces.
3. An independent review of infrastructure, healthcare, education, and transport capacity across the borough before any more schemes are waved through.

Enough is enough. Residents across Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Woodford, and surrounding communities are being ignored, misled, and steamrolled by developers with zero accountability.

This is our community, not a blank canvas for profit.

I am also a buyer

I understand about six per cent of all land in the UK is built on which leaves ninety four per cent for every thing else , another one per cent over the next twenty years is inevitable ,but of course nit in your backyard

NO we don’t want it you can’t move in Hazel Grove as it is

50% unaffordable homes and building on greenbelt for “better access to green spaces”- the reasoning is convoluted and spurious. Build on brown field sites, not green ones.

Concerned resident, I acknowledge your anger but your “demands” are not going to happen and demonstrates lack of understanding of the planning system. Stockport Council lost control of much of the Boroughs land when the Lib Dems pulled out of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) without an alternative plan in place. It should also be remembered that as part of the GMSF both Salford and Manchester agreed to take some of Stockport’s house building quota which would have alleviated the pressure on Stockport. The local Lib Dems councillors have a lot to answer for.

And where is all the extra traffic. Going to go . That A6 area is all ready a rat run for traffic going to Marple it will cause grief and destroy our buffer zone

The A555 and A6 is already chaotic! Please do not add to this mess!

Enough traffic on the A6 now never mind with 300 more homes and on green belt what about brown belt sites shy not use that. More concrete to add to the flooding

Perhaps Concerned Resident needs to reflect on Stockport already having one of the most successful brownfield regeneration strategies of any UK town, and is due to both expand and integrate it with a new tram extension, but it’s already clear that’s not going to match the government’s housing target by itself. The other thing that a narrow brownfield first strategy ignores is that when you bring thousands of younger people to your town centre to live in dense mixed use developments they eventually turn into older family stage people. So the reality is brownfield and greenfield have to be developed in parallel or you are going to incubate tremendous pressure of family housing in Stockport about 10-15 years out from here.

As a former pupil of Torkington Primary and resident of Torkington rd it’s a bit sad, I’m guessing farmer bostock is long gone.

we don’t need a further 300 houses built on green belt, exactly how many would be affordable when they’re talking about 4 and 5 bed room houses, also what about the traffic, Tortington road, is too busy at the best of times, the whole area will come to a standstill, I say no to greenbelt plunder

What happened to the A555 extension from Hazel Grove to Portwood roundabout? Until this is built, any more houses will just make traffic even worse than it is now. I’ve just come back from France and it makes the UK look like an over-populated dump.

I Strongly oppose these homes where they are proposing to build.as a past resident it is already extremely busy around there and the access through the estate will make it ridiculous. It will be a danger to both children & animals with all the extra cars. Here have already been a good number of animals killed on there just from delivery drivers without people driving in and out constantly to the new proposed estate. Not to mention the extra damage to the environment. All the wildlife that live there. When we lived there getting out onto Torkington road in a morning and down for work was already a nightmare, it will be a hundred times worse if this goes ahead. Even 100 extra houses is way to many let alone 300. This has to be stopped.

Needs stopping in it’s tracks

I would like my objection to be noted as part of the planning application

Thank you

Hi Katie, please lodge your objection with Stockport Council. Thanks, Dan

July 14, 2025 at 7:10 am

By Dan Whelan

Between this idea, the Jackson’s lane plan, the flats in the village and the rugby club we are seeing an increase over 1200 homes so an increase of over 10% of the 2021 population.

Think its a good idea we need more housing, where do I sign up??

1. Traffic & Road Safety – Sandown Road and surrounding routes already experience congestion. An additional 300 homes could significantly worsen traffic, particularly at peak times, creating safety risks and longer journey times.
2. Pressure on Schools & Healthcare – Local schools and GP surgeries are oversubscribed. Without clear provision for new facilities, this development will increase pressure on already stretched services.
3. Environmental Impact – Building on this land risks the loss of important green space and natural habitat. Increased surface water run-off could also raise flood risks locally.
4. Community Character – Hazel Grove risks losing its semi-rural character if large-scale developments continue without careful planning.

New houses over the road from the proposed site have finished one builder off and still not finished. Sadly Hazel Grove is a disgrace nothing here anymore not somewhere people want to go unless it’s food and drink. We already struggle for schools, dovs and dentists 300 homes is going to be 1000 people give or take. Tell Gine Rayner we have no room as she knows.