Station Quarter – The redeveloped dual-aspect station will face a new commercial area to the west and enhanced pedestrian and cycle links between the town centre and Edgeley. A public plaza and green active travel route to Weirside will welcome visitors and take advantage of key views, complementing high-quality office accommodation and a variety of residential dwellings at higher densities and including affordable units. Multi-storey car parking and multi facilities will also be provided in this highly accessible location.

Exchange Quarter – The primary business and commercial location for the borough with Grade A office space, hotel and ancillary retail uses, alongside a modern bus interchange hub and a major public park, offering a vastly enhanced visitor experience for all users and step-free access between travel modes. Residential uses will also be encouraged in this accessible and attractive location.

Royal George Quarter – An area that is home to Stockport College and several designated heritage assets, this Town Centre Policy Area will provide a quality residential offer with a range of densities and types of accommodation for all ages including intermediate care facilities. Public realm, landscaping and pedestrian and cycle routes will be of high quality to encourage ease of movement for all ages towards the station and the Main Town Centre Use Area.

The Stockport Town Centre West SRF establishes a vision and strategy for how the Town Centre West area could be transformed from a predominantly industrial area into a sustainable residential neighbourhood with enhanced leisure offer and employment opportunities over a 15 to 20 year period. The SRF guides the types of uses which will be acceptable if sites become surplus to current requirements and the MDC has the necessary powers to lead its delivery alongside public sector partners who will work with landowners to support sites to be redeveloped and funding to be accessed.

The vision of the SRF is for Town Centre West to be ‘Greater Manchester’s newest, greenest and coolest affordable urban neighbourhood’, offering a choice of homes and workspaces, a safe and walkable environment, excellent public transport accessibility and a new residential benchmark for both the borough and for the sub-region.

The five ‘neighbourhoods’ in the SRF of Brinksway, Weirside, Station Quarter, Stockport Exchange and Royal George Quarter were originally chosen to harness their existing features including public transport hubs and historic buildings and to provide a range of living, working and leisure environments, thereby naturally informing the Policy Areas for Town Centre West in the policy.