Plans to build hundreds of new homes - including a 15-storey tower block- on a vacant Sainsbury’s site in Stockport town centre are set to get the go ahead. Proposals that would bring more than 500 flats and 34 townhouses to the three-acre plot, in Warren Street, are set to go before the council’s planning committee on Thursday night.
The 573 homes would be spread across a trio of buildings - rising in height from five to 15 storeys. Two of these would also have space for a range of potential uses, ranging from shops and cafes to gyms and creches. Parking for 122 cars would be provided at basement level, while there would also be a total of 564 cycle spaces for residents' use.
While this would see a key town centre retail site largely given over to residential use, town hall planners are recommending councillors approve the application when it goes before them on Thursday night. The report notes that the scheme ‘would deliver considerable regenerative benefits to a prominent site’ within the heart of the town.
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It adds: “The regeneration of this vacant site for a high quality mixed use residential led development will further the transformational regeneration underway in the town centre.” While the scheme would result in the loss of a ‘significant’ amount of retail space, government policies encourage councils to take into account town centres 'changing role and evolution to a more mixed environment including residential development'.
