Local employment and training

Main vehicular access to the site via Heathside Park Road / M60 Junction 2 / Roscoe's Roundabout.

Full mitigation of development traffic impact on A560 Stockport Road and M60 Junction 2, including measures to mitigate the impact of traffic on the A560.

Provision of appropriate walking, cycling, wheeling and public transport access to the site from surrounding residential areas.

Provision of walking, cycling and wheeling access within the site as well as walking cycling and links to adjacent local communities.

Measures to ensure continued safe access and usage of the adjacent Heathside Park Allotments, including demonstration that there would be no detriment to growing conditions.

Applications for development must be accompanied by a heritage assessment in accordance with the requirements of clause 5 of policy ENV 19. In order to avoid and mitigate the visual impact of the development on harm the designated heritage assets and non-designated heritage assets in its setting, the retention of the mature tree cover to the boundaries of the site shall be maximised.

The Employment Land Review identifies floorspace and land requirements for a range of employment sectors. The majority of those can be provided within the urban area, including at existing allocated Employment Areas referred to in policy BUS 3a and shown on the Policies Map. However, there is a shortfall of land for logistics and warehousing. The NPPF identifies logistics as a specific employment sector to which planning policies should pay particular regard.

Such uses require sites of a significant size and with good access to the major road network. The council has sought to identify such sites within the urban area to meet need but has been unable to do so. The NPPF sets out that changes to Green Belt boundaries would require there to be exceptional circumstances, which includes an inability to meet commercial or other development needs.