Stockport Council News

“Muse Developments Limited was registered on 20 May 1992 with its registered office in London. The business has a status listed as “Active” and it currently has 7 directors. It was founded by Mr David Taylor, Mr James Harry Gill, Mr John Dalton Early, Mr James Joseph O’brien, Mr Roef Petersen, Mr Paul Parry. The business currently employs 50-99 people. Muse Developments Limited has 21 subsidiaries.”

Directors of Muse Developments

https://www.duedil.com/director/913027136/nigel-john-howard-franklin
https://www.duedil.com/director/906888693/matthew-ellis-crompton
https://www.duedil.com/director/916914860/david-hoyle
https://www.duedil.com/director/908435777/john-christopher-morgan
https://www.duedil.com/director/907421641/clare-sheridan
https://www.duedil.com/director/916915219/sarah-anne-shankland
https://www.duedil.com/director/917774184/stephen-paul-crummett
https://www.duedil.com/director/915263861/david-kevin-mulligan

Email received – 05 May 2015 12:27

Dear
Mrs Oliver,

I
am writing in response to your request for information (ref FOI
30581).

The
relevant Council Service(s) has searched for the requested information and our
response is as follows:

The ‘Who’ element
of your request can be answered by information that is publically available from
the Planning Search on the Councils Web page. This
information is therefore exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 as it is information that is already reasonably accessible via the
following link: http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData/AcolNetCGI.gov

Concerning the
‘Why’ aspect of this request, SMBC does not hold this information as this
request would need to be directed to the applicants/developers. However there
may be justification for the proposed development contained within the planning
application which is publically
available from the Planning Search on the Councils Web page. This
information is therefore exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 as it is information that is already reasonably accessible via the
following link: http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData/AcolNetCGI.gov

Your request title
mentions Compulsory Purchase Order however as far as the relevant service can
ascertain there is no Compulsory Purchase Order in place for this location.

Yours
sincerely,

——————-
From: Sheila
Oliver
Sent: 23 April 2015 21:29
To: FOI
Officer
Subject: Compulsory purchase/demolition of property opposite
town hall for construction of offices

Dear FoI
Officer

I believe buildings
from the 1840s opposite the town hall are being demolished in order to build
more office space. The entire town is full of empty office blocks. Who came up
with this proposed development and why?

Kind
regards

Sheila

Yep, they want to borrow more of our money on the Never, Never to throw at Grand Central – yet another £18.5million.

Their Masterplan (another one)
http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s31102/Grand%20Central%20Stockport%20Exchange%20Main%20Report.pdf

http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s31105/Appendix%201%20-%20Masterplan%20Area%20Plan.pdf

And here are the reasons the details must again be kept secret from the council taxpayer. And this from LibDem Executive Councillors who have been involved with offences under the Fraud Act 2006 over the toxic waste dump school.
http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/mgReasonsRestricted.aspx?ID=31103&OID=10741&OT=A&RPID=1658663&BM=AI10741

With these incompetents in charge, we need openness and transparency. Some hope of that!

http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s31101/Grand%20Central%20Stockport%20Exchange%20Executive%20Meeting%20Summary%20Sheet.pdf

We are not allowed to know what is going on, as ususal, whilst the LibDem Executive Councillors make an expensive hash of running our town.

This document can be more easily read here – http://www.sheilaoliver.org/grand-central.html

http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s29347/Q1%20Corporate%20Performance%20and%20Resources%20Report%20-%202013-14.pdf

“3.2.16 The single largest scheme is the Grand Central Multi-Storey Car Park development. The scheme is being funded by £13.7m via finance leases. The funding arrangements are complex and following external advice, it was determined that some of the transactions are operational leases and accounted for as revenue expenditure. The provisional figure has therefore been reduced by £5.506m.

3.2.17 There is £3.699m in 2013/14 for the Leisure Strategy. Work on various Council facilities, including the Grand Central pool, has continued from 2012/13 into 2013/14 and the physical works at Brinnington (Lapwing Centre) are expected to take place during the year. This is a ten year strategy, schemes are being reviewed regularly and the programme will be amended to match spending profiles as they develop.”