The Government has said that nearly 1,000 new houses and apartments need to be built in Stockport each year for the next twenty years. Under the policies the Government have put in place, not all the brownfield sites in towns can be used, so councils are having to look to greenbelt – a move opposed by the Liberal Democrats.
This is in addition to several thousand new houses Cheshire East Council propose building near Handforth Dean, Wilmslow, Poynton and Knutsford.
Here are the areas of greenbelt proposed to be released for house-building in Stockport borough:
4,000 houses north of High Lane
2,400 new homes in Woodford, in addition to the Aerodrome development
More than 3,700 homes between Cheadle Hulme and Heald Green
Up to 2,000 homes next to the railway line at the southern end of Heald Green
Full details for Greater Manchester are here (warning: 160MB PDF!).