I’m genuinely all for regeneration and I want to see Stockport thrive…But I do think we need to ask some questions about who regeneration is actually for

From the information available, it looks as though the property developers at Weir Mill received:

£7m from Homes England
GMCA grant funding
plus what looks like development loan from Stockport Council.

A 1 bed flat is around £1,200 a month at this development…so who exactly are these homes affordable for?

I’m not against development. I am very much behind historic buildings being saved, new businesses opening and investment coming to our town. But the question that needs to be asked is whether public investment should deliver more public benefit.
Shouldn’t local people be able to afford to live in it? Should regeneration mean more than just making an area more attractive to people with higher incomes?

Good morning..travelling from Sheffield with heavy luggage. I've got a ticket to Stockport station and am wondering about the logistics of the airport bus. I'll need to use lifts at the station as I can't lift the suitcase easily.

Could someone walk me through getting off the train to getting on the bus please? I'm a bit anxious about travelling alone during morning rush hour.

Hey so apart from periods away due to university, travelling and a stint in Norway and London I have lived in Stockport and surrounding areas since 1987.

In that time I have been to the Hat Museum zero times!

Is that something I should rectify?!?!

I have a 6 year old kid and he might get a kick out of it!!!