A developer has accused Stockport council of trying to ‘wish away’ the need to extend an industrial estate into the green belt as a nine-day planning appeal drew to a close.
Rupert Warren QC made the claim on behalf of Quorum at a public inquiry into the firm’s proposal to expand Bredbury Industrial Estate into the Tame Valley.
The controversial scheme was rejected by Stockport council last year, after planners ruled it had not proven ‘very special circumstances’ for building on green belt land.
