For official use only Respondent number Representation number

Greater Spatial Framework Call for sites - additional sites for built development

Please return this form if you suggesting a site that has not already identified by us for new housing, offices, and industry/warehousing on the GMSF development sites map.

By post: Integrated Support Team, P.O. Box 532, Town Hall Manchester, M60 2LA

By email to: [email protected]

Your details Name: Paul Cook / Andrew Slater Organisation: Quorum Estates Limited (if applicable) Address: Barons Court, Manchester Road, Wilmslow

Postcode: SK9 1BQ Tel No: 01625 549999 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

What is your interest in the site?

Yes / No Agent acting on behalf of landowner/developer No Owner of (all or part of) the site No Developer Yes Resident No Other (please specify): -

If you are an agent acting on behalf of a landowner/developer please provide their details as follows:

Name: Nicola Rigby Organisation: Bilfinger GVA (if applicable) Address: Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Manchester

Postcode: M2 1DW

Details of the site

Site name Bredbury Industrial Estate Extension

Address of the site (if not addressable Land North of Bredbury Industrial Estate location please describe as best as Ashton Road possible) Bredbury SK6 2SN Site area (hectares) Approx. 39 hectares

Existing use of the site (eg. housing, Part open / vacant land, part grazing / agricultural use offices, industry and warehousing community use, open / vacant land etc.)

If the site is currently vacant what was Working livestock farm until 1995, currently farm buildings its last use (eg. housing, offices, industry used as stabling for 15 horses, land lying ‘fallow’ and not in and warehousing, community use, retailing use. Site provides employment for one person. etc.) Description of surrounding land uses The site is located within the area of Bredbury and Woodley to (such as housing, offices, industry and the north west of town centre and is bordered by warehousing, community use, open / the River Tame to the North, and Woodley Life Leisure Sports vacant land etc., including details of as well as the residential properties of Mill Lane to the building heights, topography etc.) East. The eastern portion of the Borough’s largest employment cluster, Bredbury Industrial Estate, adjoins the site and is situated due south, comprising a mixture of B1, B2 and B8 (Use Class) Uses. The site is bounded by Ashton Road (A6017) and Arden Road to the west, connecting the site to the National Strategic and Primary Road Networks, with Junction 25 of the M60 approximately 1km from the site. Is the land: greenfield; previously The site predominantly comprises greenfield land. There is a developed land; or a mixture of both? small farm on site with stabling for 15 horses, some owned by the landowner, some in rented small stable blocks. Land was a working livestock farm until 1995, but it’s usage has decreased yearly and is now 90% unused.

Does the site have any relevant Planning application ref. J/3316 for “road system and sewers planning history? If so please provide to service proposed industrial estate” (approved in June 1976) details of: is understood to relate to drainage systems servicing Bredbury Industrial Estate, and relates to land towards the  Planning applications / planning south of the site. Full details of this historic application are yet permissions (including reference to be obtained. numbers where known)  An adopted allocation in a saved UDP / Additionally, the site has never been promoted within the local local plan plan process.  Whether the site has been suggested through other call for sites exercises

Proposed uses and capacity

What do you want to see the site developed or used for and its likely capacity? Where a site could accommodate a mix of uses as part of a mixed use development please identify all that apply and provide an estimated capacity for each use.

Built Yes / No Details development type An element of C3 (Use Class) residential development would be considered as part of a future development. At this early stage however, details of capacity Residential Yes and an indication of tenure and type cannot be provided. Full details are provided below and within the accompanying covering letter. Gypsy and No N/A traveller sites Offices Yes An element of B1 (Use Class) Office development would be considered as part of a future development. At this early stage however, details of quantum and format cannot be provided. Full details are provided below and within the accompanying covering letter. Industry / Yes B2/B8 (Use Class) Industry and warehousing are proposed as the main use warehousing across the site. Full details are provided below and within the accompanying covering letter.

Other built Yes An element of ancillary A1 (Use Class) retail development would be development considered as part of a future development to provide for the requirements of the existing industrial estate as well as proposed uses.

Please provide a brief supporting justification for the proposed use (or uses) identified above and any other detail you consider to be relevant (for example design work has already been undertaken):

For the avoidance of doubt we are promoting this site as a prime employment location – with a focus on B use class development as part of any future scheme that we bring forward.

We have identified a potential mix of uses for the site which includes B1 (ancillary), B2, B8, residential, and A1, A3 retail. This relatively open mix of uses reflects the fact that we are still in the process of designing an indicative layout, supported by market and technical evidence, and running viability analysis of the site. As such we are not currently in a position to state the definitive makeup of the land uses that would be sought. However, as per the covering letter accompanying this submission, we are preparing that evidence currently and would like to agree a submission timescale to ensure that it is factored into your assessment process.

Site availability

Yes / No / Don’t know Are there any legal/ownership constraints on the No. site that might prohibit or delay development of the site (e.g. ransom strips, covenants, etc.)? Are there any current uses which would need to None be relocated? Multiple ownership / Single ownership / Don’t know Is the site in multiple or single ownership? If in The site is under multiple ownership but within the multiple ownership please include the number and same family. The developer has secured an option names of the different owners where they are with the land owning family. The titles includes in this known. submission include: GM132781 – Freeholder: [REDACTED] MAN163939 – Freeholder: [REDACTED] GM882226 – Freeholders: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

When do you think the site would come forward for development? Where a development will be phased over more than one period please indicate this.

Yes / No 0-5 years Yes (50%) 6-10 years Yes (50%) 11-20 years -

Do you have any information to support when the site will come forward and its phasing? Account should be had to information on suitability, achievability and constraints.

Market evidence has been gathered and identifies a shortage of good quality industrial units within Stockport MBC. The current demand will be used to inform the layout of an indicative masterplan to be submitted at a later stage. Please see the accompanying covering letter for further details.

Site suitability and achievability

To the best of your knowledge, is there anything that may prevent or restrict development on the site? Please provide details on the following:

Connectivity or capacity issues

Yes / No / Don’t know Telecommunications equipment (landline, broadband, etc.) Don’t know. Water main supply Don’t know. Waste water / sewer Don’t know. Electricity Don’t know. Gas Don’t know. Highways / site accessibility Don’t know. Technical advice currently being sought. Drainage Don’t know. Drainage systems servicing the existing Industrial Estate are understood to be included within the site boundary as per historic planning application J/3316.

Known constraints relating to

Yes / No / Don’t know Topography Don’t know. Technical advice currently being sought. Land stability Don’t know. Technical advice currently being sought. Derelict structures No. The site is a greenfield site, and not considered to be constrained by derelict structures. Contaminated land Don’t know. The site is a greenfield site, and not considered to be constrained by contamination. Control of major accident hazards (COMAH) site No.

Planning designations within or adjacent to the site

Yes / No / Don’t know Ecology; e.g. Site of Biological Importance (SBI), Site of Special The site is partially included within the Scientific Interest (SSSI), etc. SBI site allocation of Botany Mill Wood. Landscape; e.g. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), The site is allocated within the Green etc. Belt. Heritage; e.g. listed buildings, conservation areas, scheduled No monuments Protected recreation / open space No Flood risk; flood zone or known surface water flooding Site predominantly located within Flood Zone 1. Land to north of the site near to

River Tame is within flood zones 2 and 3. Please see accompanying Plan showing Flood Risk across the site for details.

Other issues

Yes / No / Don’t know Any other issues, constraints or designations (please specify A number of Public below)? Rights of Way traverse the site.

Ecological investigations are to be carried out across the site to identify any further constraints.

Please provide any details of issues, constraints or designations identified above:

Full details of the above constraints are to be investigated in the commissioning of a number of surveys across the site which are likely to cover: - Highways/Transport Survey; - Topographical Survey; - Ground Conditions/ Land Stability Survey; - Ecological Survey; and - Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

The findings of these reports will inform an indicative layout to be provided at a later stage. Further details of the issues, constraints and designations at the site are provided within the accompanying covering letter.

Additional comments and supporting information

If you have any additional comments to make in relation to the site you have suggested please provide them here:

The relatively early stage of understanding of site capacity and development constraints on this site are indicative of the fact that we as developers have only recently secured a position with the landowners. We identified the strategic significance of this site and pursued an option with the landowners to allow us to promote it through the GMSF, and any future Stockport MBC planning process required to secure an allocation for employment development.

We believe, and will evidence through supporting information, that this site has the specific potential to provide a natural extension to an extremely successful employment location (Bredbury Industrial Estate), and critically has the capacity to deliver a flexible, industrial-led property offer to secure investment into Stockport. This will address current constraints in supply – relating specifically to medium to large scale B2/B8 premises.

We have engaged with Stockport Council in advance of submitting this initial representation, and will continue to engage with the Council and other key stakeholders (including the Combined Authority) around the emerging indicative layout and mix of uses to be promoted at the site. Given the proximity

and accessibility of the site to the M60, the existing strengths of the Bredbury Industrial Estate, the alignment of the emerging scheme with key growth sectors, and the scale of the site, that this has strategic importance to both Stockport and the wider GM sub-region. As per the covering letter accompanying this representation, we are now in the process of preparing further technical and market evidence to support this submission and will look to agree a timetable with you to ensure that it can be factored in to your assessment process.

Yes / No Do you have other supporting information you would be prepared to supply Yes at a later stage

Please list any supporting information that you would be prepared to supply:

The developer is currently undertaking further technical due diligence and market research on the site to inform the preparation of an indicative layout plan at the site. As explained within the attached covering letter; at this early stage, the developer would look to work with GMSF in agreeing a timescale for the submission of additional information and details to be assessed within the emerging framework.

Please attach a site location plan. This must enable us to identify the precise boundaries or area of land being proposed. A hand drawn plan can be submitted provided that it is clear what features (such as roads) mark the boundaries.

Signature

Nicola Rigby BA (Hons) MTPI MRTPI Director For and on behalf of GVA Grimley Limited

Date 07/07/2016

Attached Documents: - Covering Letter - Site Location Plan (including known constraints) - Land Ownership Plan - Site Promotion Background Note (following meeting with Stockport Council on 16th May 2016)