The proposal is officially dead. This win belongs to every one of you who spoke up. Stay sharp to make sure it stays this way.
October 10, 2018
Final supporters
1. The most recent scoping exercise carried out by Persimmon Home and RSK was not detailed enough, as agreed by the council. Therefore this proposal is premature.
2. The proposed location of the houses is on known contaminated land due to it being previous unlicensed landfill. The land is known to contain chemicals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic. These chemicals will be released if the land was disturbed and local residents fear this may be harmful. Most importantly is the discovery of Asbestos on the proposed site, as documented in previous reports.
3. There is no current agreed plan to safely remediate the land for existing or future residents.
4. The local area is already well populated with heavy traffic congestion on local roads. The proposal states Midland Road will be used as entrance/exit with the added option of opening Geneva Road. These roads are unable to cope with a potential 450 extra cars. Safety of local residents and children will be put at risk.
5. The local school, doctors and dentists will also struggle to cope with accommodating the additional new residents.
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Reached 250 supporters
August 20, 2018
August 19, 2018
We are approaching 250 signatures. Please send this link to your neighbors right now to push us over the top.
Reached 100 supporters
May 18, 2018
86 Comments
The site has far to many risks to be built on, local residents have the uncertainty of the affect this will have on their health - the local area would not cope with the extra traffic and the services are all over stretched already - no room at doctors, or dentists the schools are over subscribed! Utter madness!!!
The local infrastructure can not cope with this number of new homes without additional investment. Also the land is not safe, proven by the fact that the home owners if these houses are built will not be able to extend due to breaking seals to protect from what is on the ground.
The comments made by Persimmon / RSK over this project last night just show the absolute disregard for the danger to residents lives. They admitted 4 years of potential health hazard to thousands of people in pursuit of their profits to build a few hundred homes. It must be stopped once and forever.
This land has previously been declared unsafe. Any excavation or disturbance could release dangerous contamination potentially creating unknown health issues for local residents. Added to that the effects on the local road and services infrastructure this proposal should be dismissed once and for all.
Midland rd isn’t wide enough to take the amount of traffic volume these houses would bring. Rush hour traffic is already a problem in both directions when leaving Midland Rd. There are plenty of brownfield sites that could be developed in Stockport. The land has been declared unsafe to build on in the past - what has changed ?
Apart from the obvious influx of even more traffic in an already heavily congested area. The levels of toxicity contained beneath the land has not been sufficiently investigated and reported upon. This is a matter that should be fully discussed and disclosed to existing residents. After all they are the 'sitting ducks' to any calamity that may befall future development on this heavily polluted land.
The traffic in the area is already dreadful. This will lead to more pollution in the area. The services in the area can not cope with more houses. The schools are bursting at the seams with those already living in the area. The doctors surgeries are already offering appointments nearly a month in advance. It’s a ludicrous proposal that hasn’t been properly thought through.
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The proposal is officially dead. This win belongs to every one of you who spoke up. Stay sharp to make sure it stays this way.
October 10, 2018
Final supporters
1. The most recent scoping exercise carried out by Persimmon Home and RSK was not detailed enough, as agreed by the council. Therefore this proposal is premature.
2. The proposed location of the houses is on known contaminated land due to it being previous unlicensed landfill. The land is known to contain chemicals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic. These chemicals will be released if the land was disturbed and local residents fear this may be harmful. Most importantly is the discovery of Asbestos on the proposed site, as documented in previous reports.
3. There is no current agreed plan to safely remediate the land for existing or future residents.
4. The local area is already well populated with heavy traffic congestion on local roads. The proposal states Midland Road will be used as entrance/exit with the added option of opening Geneva Road. These roads are unable to cope with a potential 450 extra cars. Safety of local residents and children will be put at risk.
5. The local school, doctors and dentists will also struggle to cope with accommodating the additional new residents.
This petition will be sent to Persimmon Homes and Stockport Council
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
August 20, 2018
August 19, 2018
We are approaching 250 signatures. Please send this link to your neighbors right now to push us over the top.
Reached 100 supporters
May 18, 2018
86 Comments
this is seriously having an impact on my desicion to buy in the area. we have cancelled house viewings and put pur search on hold. I think it's very likely we will go elsewhere.
The site has far to many risks to be built on, local residents have the uncertainty of the affect this will have on their health - the local area would not cope with the extra traffic and the services are all over stretched already - no room at doctors, or dentists the schools are over subscribed! Utter madness!!!
The local infrastructure can not cope with this number of new homes without additional investment. Also the land is not safe, proven by the fact that the home owners if these houses are built will not be able to extend due to breaking seals to protect from what is on the ground.
The comments made by Persimmon / RSK over this project last night just show the absolute disregard for the danger to residents lives. They admitted 4 years of potential health hazard to thousands of people in pursuit of their profits to build a few hundred homes. It must be stopped once and forever.
This land has previously been declared unsafe. Any excavation or disturbance could release dangerous contamination potentially creating unknown health issues for local residents. Added to that the effects on the local road and services infrastructure this proposal should be dismissed once and for all.
Midland rd isn’t wide enough to take the amount of traffic volume these houses would bring. Rush hour traffic is already a problem in both directions when leaving Midland Rd. There are plenty of brownfield sites that could be developed in Stockport. The land has been declared unsafe to build on in the past - what has changed ?
Apart from the obvious influx of even more traffic in an already heavily congested area. The levels of toxicity contained beneath the land has not been sufficiently investigated and reported upon. This is a matter that should be fully discussed and disclosed to existing residents. After all they are the 'sitting ducks' to any calamity that may befall future development on this heavily polluted land.
The traffic in the area is already dreadful. This will lead to more pollution in the area. The services in the area can not cope with more houses. The schools are bursting at the seams with those already living in the area. The doctors surgeries are already offering appointments nearly a month in advance. It’s a ludicrous proposal that hasn’t been properly thought through.
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this is seriously having an impact on my desicion to buy in the area. we have cancelled house viewings and put pur search on hold. I think it's very likely we will go elsewhere.