An appeal hearing is taking place on Tuesday (8 November) as developers try to overturn a decision by High Peak Borough Council to refuse plans to redevelop the former Redcourt site in Glossop. 

The controversial application, strongly opposed locally with hundreds of objections submitted, was turned down in January by the Development Control Committee. 

The rejected proposal was to convert the former St Christopher's Trust Redcourt building, a former care facility, into four homes and build 19 new dwellings on the site.   

This would be made up of seven two-bedroomed units, 13 three-bedroomed, and three four-bedroomed units on the site with access from Hollincross Lane and Slatelands Road.   

The developer, Glossop Eden Ltd, lodged an appeal this summer and the matter will now be determined by the government’s Planning Inspectorate. 

Ward Councillor Damien Greenhalgh is one of those who has spoken out against the development that he says does not meet local or national planning policy. 

He said: “Here's hoping the Government Inspector sees the clear arguments that this application is a clear-cut case of overdevelopment with the additional significant impact of loss of trees in a Conservation area and the obvious Highways issues.  

The appeal will be decided at a later date by a Planning Inspector following the Local Hearing.  

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