More flats planned for Stockport suburb - despite fears it's fast running out of parking space

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More flats are planned for the heart of a busy Stockport suburb - despite concerns the area is fast running out of parking space. A new apartment block boasting nine two-bed homes is to be built on part of the car park at Fabrick - an existing 184-apartment development in Warren Road, Cheadle Hulme.

The proposals mean Fabrick residents will lose 28 of the 136 spaces they currently have access to - albeit a council survey claims only 99 are used when it is fully occupied. In theory, this leaves the remaining nine to be used by the new development, where each flat will have one designated parking space each.

The council’s planning committee voted to approve the scheme, following a ‘strong recommendation’ from officers - who stressed the area was well served by public transport as well as walking and cycling infrastructure. However, Councillor Suzanne Wyatt - who represents the Cheadle Hulme South ward - was unconvinced.

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She said: “I’m conscious for the need for developments such as this one. But, like my ward colleagues at area committee, I’m seriously worried about parking issues.” Coun Wyatt noted that the new apartments would each have one dedicated parking space under the proposals, while only just over half of those at Fabrick would.

“They are losing a lot,” she added. “It seems to me there will be overspill parking and it seems to me this is the usual response to the usual overspill parking in Cheadle Hulme.”

The Lib Dem councillor said the same rationale had been deployed for various develpments, including Butterworth’s Bakery and The Pointe as well as a recently approved new restaurant. “I think