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Cheadle Mill court order secured
by Lib Dem team on 23 December, 2019
As the Manchester Evening News reports, Stockport Council has secured an order from the High Court for the owner of Cheadle Mill to submit a new planning application and sort out issues with the site, including possible contamination.
This order follows years of problems and stress for residents at Cheadle Mill.
“Residents should never have had to put up with these problems,” said Cllr Iain Roberts. “It has taken longer than we all hoped to get to this stage, but the interests of residents have been put first at every stage. Hopefully now the issues can be resolved so the disgraceful behaviour of the developer does not harm those living on the site any further. Cheadle Mill is an attractive development on a brownfield site and I’m sure it will go from strength to strength.”
9 Comments
Good news for the residents of this site.
When granting planning applications would it be prudent for the council to check that the developers have the necessary funds to deal with problems that might arise on the more unusual brownfield sites?
I am rather surprised that this (the site) was not cleared for development from the start. Did the Planners and Building Control not endure that the site was properly prepared beforehand? Surly appropriate documentation would have been checked? Horse. Barn door….
Hi Robert – due to a change in the law, developers can now appoint their own building control organisation, which need not be the council. It’s a very bad change and really should be reverted, in part because it means that the council has far fewer tools at its disposal to sort out this type of issue.
Yes. I am aware of this. I have dealt with Building Control consultants before. My limited experience has been mixed. They will, however, have Professional Indemnity. But someone hasn’t done there job. The Council should investigate the party or parties involved and take the appropriate action. I no longer do lender valuations, but if I did, I’d be concerned at the very least. Not to mention the condition of the old chimney.
Hi Robert – you are right that they will have professional indemnity. This is a route that the council has looked at.
Hi, I’m sure I might be corrected on this but I don’t think the developer that is having problems now was the original developer that bought the site and had planning granted? Think this site has changed hands a couple of times,
That’s incorrect. The name of the businesses have changed over the years but the developer has always been Jason Alexander. He closes down the businesses when they fail and he’s run out of investment money and then sets up a new business gathering new investors each time. This isn’t the only development he’s ruined. The court order is against him personally rather than his businesses and his failure to comply could result in him receiving a prison sentence.
My apologies – I’m obviously not fully aware of the ongoing problems with developers.
Iain, My experience of working on many projects since the change of legislation which allows independent building control organisations to be appointed, is that the quality and efficiency of the service they provide. Like any consultants the majority are good ones but there are a few that seem to tarnish the reputation for the majority. Not sure why your experenince seems to have always been negative