Public Inquiry Core Documents
Reference is made in the Statement of Case to documents that are to be referred to or put in evidence at Inquiry.
Following the production of the public inquiry proofs of evidence, these documents have been supplemented with additional documents that are referred to within the proofs of evidence.
These documents may be inspected free of charge at the reception of the offices of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Fred Perry House, Edward Street, Stockport during normal opening hours.
A copy of the documents or an appropriate weblink are as listed below for those documents which are referenced in the Statement of Case.
Documents relating to the CPO and SRO
- Newspaper notice (PDF 3.1Mb)
- Confirmation of site notices (PDF 4Kb)
- A6(M) Stockport North/South Bypass Revocation Orders (PDF 1.4Mb)
- A6MARR Delivery Agreement (PDF 28Kb)
- Draft A6MARR Delivery Agreement (PDF 13Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 1b (PDF 5.6Mb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 2b (PDF 5.6Mb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 2c (PDF 669Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 3b (PDF 539Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 4b (PDF 623Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 5b (PDF 613Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 6b (PDF 672Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 7b (PDF 641Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 8b (PDF 609Kb)
- CPO Aerial Image 1102 9b (PDF 624Kb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_326 (PDF 2.45Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_327 (PDF 1.84Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_328 (PDF 2.3Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_329 (PDF 2.55Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_330 (PDF 2.25Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_331 (PDF 1.44Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_332 (PDF 1.67Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_333 (PDF 1.52Mb)
- SRO Aerial Image 1103_1007_3D_DF7_A6-MA_SRO_PI_334 (PDF 1.90Mb)
CPO SRO Modifications Report
- Appendix A Side Roads Order and Schedule Showing the Proposed Modifications (PDF 355Kb)
- Appendix B Side Roads Order and Schedule Incorporating the Proposed Modifications (PDF 276Kb)
- Appendix C Side Road and Site Plans Showing the Proposed Modifications (PDF 6.13Mb)
- Appendix D Side Road and Site Plans Incorporating the Proposed Modifications (PDF 6.09Mb)
- Appendix E Compulsory Purchase Order and Schedule Showing the Proposed Modifications (PDF 555Kb)
- Appendix F Compulsory Purchase Order and Schedule Incorporating the Proposed Modifications (PDF 340Kb)
- Appendix G Compulsory Purchase Order Maps Showing the Proposed Modifications (PDF 9.2Mb)
- Appendix H Compulsory Purchase Order Maps Incorporating the Proposed Modifications (PDF 7.3Mb)
- CPO SRO Modification Document Report (PDF 186Kb)
Documents relating to the Planning application and Permission
- Highways Agency response to A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road planning application consultation. December 2013 (PDF 1.6 Mb)
- Manchester City Council Local Planning Authority Referral Letter to the National Planning Case Unit March 2014 (PDF 166 Kb)
- Stockport Council Local Planning Authority Referral Letter to the National Planning Case Unit February 2014 (PDF 125 Kb)
- Cheshire East Council Local Planning Authority Referral Letter to the National Planning Case Unit March 2014 (PDF 112 Kb)
- Stockport Council Draft Planning Conditions (PDF 4.6Mb)
- Cheshire East Council Draft Planning Conditions (PDF 184Kb)
- Manchester City Council Draft Planning Conditions (PDF 37Kb)
- Manchester City Council Planning Committee Report (PDF 1.8Mb)
- Stockport Council Council Planning Committee Report (PDF 1.56Mb)
- Cheshire East Council Planning Committee Report (PDF 734Kb)
- Peak District National Park Authority Response regarding traffic impact (PDF 70Kb)
- Responses to neighbouring authorities regarding traffic impacts (PDF 1.3Mb)
- Objections to the Side Road Order and Compulsory Purchase Order (PDF 16.7Mb)
- Manchester City Council Planning Application Form (PDF 551Kb)
- Cheshire East Council Planning Application Form (PDF 551Kb)
- Stockport Council Planning Application Form (PDF 837Kb)
- Letters from Department for Communities and Local Government to 3 Local Planning Authorities to confirm the A6MARR will not be called in for Planning Public Inquiry (PDF 88Kb)
Local and Regional Policy documents
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Local Development Framework Core Strategy 2011 (PDF 9.76Mb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Economic Development Strategy 2012-2017 (4.49Mb)
- Stockport Partnership Stockport Strategy 2020 – May 2009
- Stockport Unitary Development Plan Review (May 2006) policies which still apply from 1st April 2011 (PDF 843Kb)
- Cheshire East Borough Council Local Plan Draft Macclesfield Town Strategy 2012
- Cheshire East Borough Council Local Plan Draft Handforth Town Strategy August 2012
- Cheshire East Borough Council Local Transport Plan Final Strategy (2011-2026)
- Manchester City Council Local Development Framework Core Strategy 2012
- Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan 3 – 2011 (PDF 3.31Mb)
- North West of England Plan Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021
- Macclesfield Local Plan
- Cheshire East Local Plan Local Plan Strategy – Submission Version (PDF 51.3Mb)
- Cheshire East Local Plan Policies Map (PDF 15.1Mb)
- Cheshire East Local Plan Infrastructure Delivery Plan (PDF 1.08Mb)
- Cheshire East Local Plan Submission Sites Justification Paper (PDF 15.8Mb)
- Cheshire East Local Plan Draft Poynton Town Centre Strategy (PDF 6.58Mb)
- The Metropolitan Borough Council of Stockport Sustainable Community Strategy (PDF 37.72Mb)
- Wythenshawe Regeneration Framework
- Greater Manchester Final Local Transport Plan 2006/07 – 2010/11
- Greater Manchester Growth and Reform Plan 2014 (PDF 494Kb)
- Greater Manchester Growth and Reform Plan 2014 annexes (PDF 7.71Mb)
- Cheshire and Warrington Matters 2014 (PDF 3.31Mb)
- Stronger together Greater Manchester Strategy 2013 (PDF 1.71Mb)
- Greater Manchester City Deal March 2012 (PDF 125Kb)
- Greater Manchester Air Quality Action Plan (PDF 630Kb)
National Policy and Guidance documents
- National Planning Policy Framework (Department for Communities and Local Government, March 2012 (PDF 870Kb)
- Transport analysis guidance: WebTAG, last updated January 2014
- Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB)
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Department of Transport circular 1/97 (PDF 39Kb)
- Department of Transport circular 2 97 (PDF 5.09Mb)
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minster Circular 06/2004 Compulsory Purchase and the Crichel Down Rules (PDF 871Kb)
- Highways Act 1980
- The Acquisition of Land Act 1981
- Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations and General Directions 2011 (PDF 930Kb)
- The Hedgerow Regulations (1997)
- The Land Compensation Act 1973 (relevant sections)
- Countryside and Rights of way act 2000
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as amended
- Guidance on Multi-Modal Studies (GOMMS) (PDF 373Kb)
- A new deal for Trunk Roads in England 1998 (PDF 479Kb)
- White Paper – A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone
- Town and Country Planning (EIA) Regulations 2011
- UK Government Comprehensive Spending Review 2010 (PDF 2.03Mb)
- National Infrastructure Plan November 2011
- National Infrastructure Plan November 2013
- Action for Roads – A network for the 21st century July 2013 (PDF 7.68Mb)
- Investing in Britain’s Future June 2013 (PDF 3.41Mb)
- A fresh start for the strategic road network November 2011
- Memorandum TR138D: Notes on the Preparation of Land Pland and Reference Schedules (PDF 2.01 MB)
- The Floods and Water Management Act 2010 (PDF 285 Kb)
- European Parliament (2008) Council Directive 2008/50/EC on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe. (PDF 194Kb)
- Her Majesty’s Stationary Office (2010) Statutory instrument 2010, No. 1001, Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010 London: HMSO. (PDF 114 Kb)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (2007) The Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, London: HMSO. (PDF 2.60Mb)
- Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (2000) Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 928, The Air Quality (England) Regulations 2000 London: HMSO. (PDF 54Kb)
- HMSO (2002) Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 3043, The Air Quality (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, London: HMSO.(PDF 40Kb)
- Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) (2012) ‘National Planning Policy Framework’
- Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) (2013) Draft National Policy Statement for National Networks (NPS NN) – Annex A (PDF 1.54Mb)
- HMSO (1990) ‘The Environmental Protection Act’, London: HMSO
- HMSO (1995) ‘The Environment Act’, London: HMSO
- Greater Manchester Air Quality Action Plan (PDF 630Kb)
- The Department for Transport (1992 as amended 2013) Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Volume 11: Environmental Assessment
- Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Volume 11 Section 3 Part 1. (PDF 981Kb)
- Highways Agency (2012) IAN 170/12 Rev 3 Updated air quality advice on the assessment of future NOx and NO2 projections for users of DMRB Volume 11, Section 3, Part 1 ‘Air Quality’ (PDF 102Kb)
- Highways Agency (2013) IAN 174/13 Updated air quality advice on the application of the test for evaluating significant effects; for users of DMRB Volume 11, Section 3, Part 1 ‘Air Quality’ (PDF 75Kb)
- Highways Agency (2013IAN 175/13 Risk assessment of compliance with EU Directive on ambient Air quality; for users of DMRB Volume 11, Section 3, Part 1 ‘Air (PDF 86Kb)
- Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (2009) Local Air Quality Management Technical Guidance Document LAQM.TG (09), London: Defra. (PDF 2.5Mb)
- Guidance on the Assessment of the Impacts of Construction on Air Quality and Determination of their Significance ) Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM), 2012 (PDF 242Kb)
- Note on projecting NO2 Concentrations, Bureau Veritas. April 2012 (PDF 571Kb)
- Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) (2010) Development Control: Planning for Air Quality 2010 Update (PDF 1.19Mb)
- Britain’s Supreme Court that said the government had failed to comply with the EU directive. (PDF 48Kb)
- New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
- Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Local Authority Major Schemes, DfT, September 2012 (PDF 179Kb)
- Natural England Guidance for land managers (PDF 100Kb)
- Council Directive 92/43/EEC
- HMSO Statutory Instrument 2010. No 490 The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (PDF 409Kb)
- HMSO Statutory Instrument 1994. No 2716 The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (PDF 634Kb)
- HMSO Statutory Instrument 2007. No 1843 The Conservation (Natural Habitats,&c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (PDF 502Kb)
- HMSO Statutory Instrument 2012. No 1927 The Conservation of Habitats andSpecies (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (PDF 257Kb)
- Natural England Guidance Great Crested Newt mitigation guidelines (PDF 732Kb)
- Natural England Guidance ‘WML-G11 (0209) Master Plan Guidance – GCNs’ (PDF 112Kb)
- Taking Care of Protected Species – meeting the duty of “Strict Protection” in England and Wales (2008) (PDF 28Kb)
- Langton, T.E.S., Beckett, C.L., and Foster, J.P. (2001) GCN Conservation Handbook. Froglife, Halesworth. (PDF 3.85Mb)
- Natural England Guidance how to get a licence (PDF 916Kb)
Background documents and reports
- SEMMMS location plan (PDF 5.09Mb)
- SEMMMS Stretegy final report 2001 (PDF 13.94Mb)
- Department for Transport letter of programme entry October 2013 (PDF 132Kb)
- DF5 Junction Options Report Phase 1 November 2012 (PDF 1.7Mb)
- Queensgate Primary School information for Headteacher July 2013 (PDF 105Kb)
- Response to PAULA Phase 2 Consultation Submission (PDF 110Kb)
- Ground Transport Strategy- Manchester Airport (PDF 6.20Mb)
- Stage 1 Road Safety Audit and Project Team response (contained within the Transport Assessment within Planning Application Documents)
- The Eddington Transport Study Report 2006 (PDF 2.04Mb)
- Phase 1 Consultation leaflet General Awareness Leaflet (PDF 1.36Mb)
- Phase 1 Consultation leaflet Junction Options Leaflet (PDF 5.5Mb)
- Phase 2 Consulation leaflet (PDF 1.13Mb)
- West Coast Mainline Option Comparison – (over vs under) June 2012 (PDF 8Mb)
- West Coast Mainline Comparison – October 2012 (PDF 5.4Mb)
- Network Rail Hazel Grove and Buxton Line – Justification of Rail over Road Bridge June 2012 (PDF 10.8Mb)
- Consultation draft of A6 Corridor Study 2013 (PDF 2.32Mb)
- Press Release: Minister Announces Strategy to Cut Congestion in South East Manchester March 2002 (PDF 160Kb)
- SEMMMS QBC Programme Report (PDF 3.48Mb)
- GMPTE SEMMMS QBC programme Report (PDF 3.48Mb)
- Chapter 8 SEMMMS 2001 (PDF 438Kb)
- South East Manchester Multi-Modal Strategy Progress Report 2006/7-2007/8
- GMLTP Annual Progress Report 2004, pg 41 – 44, 2004 (PDF 539Kb)
- GMLTP 2005 Annual Progress Report Pgs 44 -46, 2005 (PDF 1.45Mb)
- 2nd Local Transport Plan Progress Report (PDF 13.28Mb)
- LTP2 Technical Appendix South East Manchester Multi Modal Study (PDF 3.33Mb)
- Implementation Plan 3 SEMMMS Implementation Plan 2006 (PDF 519Kb)
- SEMMMS Implementation Plan 2004 (PDF 2.19Mb)
- Progress Report SEMMMS Chapter 3, 2003 (PDF 213Kb)
- A6MARR Communications Strategy (PDF 876Kb)
- Earnback Model, SEMMMS and Metrolink Trafford Park Extension 26th July 2013 (PDF 135Kb)
- Integration of Metrolink Airport extension and SEMMMS Road Scheme 27th May 2011 (PDF 1.1Mb)
- Greater Manchester Transport Fund Update 25th June 2010 (PDF 84Kb)
- Greater Manchester Transport Fund Update 27th January 2012 (PDF 854Kb)
- Greater Manchester Transport Fund & Capital Programme Monitoring Update 26th October 2012 (PDF 947Kb)
- Tribunals and Inquiries, England and Wales. The Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2007 (PDF 134Kb)
- CEEQUAL Award Letter January 2014 (PDF 31Kb)
- Government announcement of Enterprise Zones February 2014 (PDF 100Kb)
- UK Government Budget March 2011 (PDF 900Kb)
- UK Government Identification of first 4 new generation enterprise zone locations
- A6 Corridor Study Final Report (PDF 8.51 Mb)
- A6 Corridor Study Final Summary Report (PDF 2.24Mb)
- Phase 1 Consultation Comments Log (PDF 294Kb)
- Phase 2 Consultation Comments Log (PDF 689Kb)
- COPECAT Review (PDF 2.5Mb)
- Balfour Beatty Consultant Contractor Report November 2011 (PDF 926Kb)
- Alternative A6 Junction Online – 1007/3D/DF7/A6-MA/GA/316 (PDF 275Kb)
- A6 Junction Avoiding Ancient Woodland – 1007/2D/TR1/A6-MA/GA/161A (PDF 444Kb)
- Ringway Road Highway Improvement Works and Airport City (PDF 2.17Mb)
- Earthworks Cuttings, Embankments and Bunds – 1007/3D/DF7/A6-MA/GA/338-339 (PDF 7.5Mb)
- Carillion Morgan Sindall – Overall Plan – MS2498-TW-T001 REV 2 (PDF 16.2Mb)
- General Arrangement and CPO Extents – 1007/3D/DF7/A6-MA/GA/CPO/317 to 325 (PDF 8.61Mb)
- Summary of Proposed Drainage Networks – 60212470-HIG-0535-P03 (PDF 4.71Mb)
- A6MARR Project Team Response to NWTAR Phase 2 Consultation Submission (PDF 102Kb)
- The A6 Trunk Road (Derby to Stockport) (Detrunking) Order 2002 (PDF 35Kb)
- Departures Report A6 MARR (PDF 84.9Kb)
- Transport Business Cases – DfT, 2013 (PDF 150Kb)
- Transport for Greater Manchester HFAS Report 1731 (PDF 496Kb)
- Highways Agency TR111 Form
- Great Crested Newt Survey Report – Pursuant to the Discharge of Planning conditions 15 (PDF 6Mb)
- Letter from Natural England (Anthony Bremner) to Cheshire East Council (PDF 74Kb)
- GCN masterplan, Mouchel (PDF 129Kb)
- GCN licence application, table E3. (PDF 18Kb)
- Natural England, Favourable Conservation Status (FCS) Test response, to Styal Golf Course EPSL and A6MARR Masterplan. 22 March 2014 (PDF 221Kb)
- Minutes of a meeting between Stockport and Manchesters’ country ecologists and CMS held on 26 August 2014 (PDF 71Kb)
- Aecom (2014) Great Crested Newt Survey Protocols – Whole Scheme. (PDF 77Kb)
- A6 MARR GCN Impact Maps (PDF 6.73Mb)
- Metapopulation post activity management drawings August 2014 (PDF 6.58Mb)
- Metapopulation habitat creation drawings August 2014 (PDF 6.19Mb)
- GCN Population Dynamics Drawings August 2014 (PDF 5.68Mb)
- Macclesfield Road Junction – Alternative Option (PDF 561Kb)
Council Committee Items
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Environment and Scrutiny Committee June 2012 (PDF 2.5Mb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Executive Meeting June 2012 (PDF 2.11Mb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Environment and Scrutiny Committee July 2012 (PDF 24Kb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Report to Executive Meeting August 2012 (PDF 40Kb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Report to Executive Meeting February 2013 (PDF 48Kb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Environment and Scrutiny Committee January 2013 (PDF 30Kb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Report to Executive Meeting April 2013 (PDF 3.43Mb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Report to Executive Meeting Phase 2 Consultation October 2013 (PDF 1.52Mb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Report to Executive Meeting Planning Application and Associated Compulsory Purchase Orders and Public Rights of Way Changes October 2013 (PDF 94Kb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Report to Executive Meeting Appointment of a Contractor for the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road October 2013 (PDF 50Kb)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Report to Executive Meeting Future Protection of the SEMMMS Relief Road Alignment October 2013 (PDF 81Kb)
- Cheshire East Borough Council Cabinet Meeting June 2012
- Cheshire East Borough Council Cabinet Meeting October 2013
- Manchester City Council Minutes of the meeting July 2012 (PDF 183Kb)
- Manchester City Council Executive Meeting May 2013 (PDF 1.4Mb)
- Manchester City Council Executive Minutes of the Meeting May 2013 (PDF 65Kb)
- Manchester City Council Planning and Highways Committee February 2014 (PDF 975 Kb)
- Manchester City Council Planning and Highways Committee Minutes February 2014 (PDF 70 Kb)