Proposed New Campus and Residential Development

Seashell Trust is a registered charity providing for children and young people with a combination of deafness, blindness and autism, associated with complex physical and multiple learning disabilities.

Seashell provides educational, residential and sports facilities from its well-established site in Cheadle Hulme and has won many national awards recognising the work that it does to transform the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

The existing facilities at Seashell Trust’s campus do not mirror the high standard of education and care which is provided by the charity.  The current building stock was developed in the 1950s for students who did not require access to specialist interventions and the use of walking and standing frames and other similar equipment.  The needs of students have become more complex, consequently the facilities have become out-dated.  Some of the existing buildings have been adapted extensively, but many are at their structural and functional limits.

Seashell Trust is in the process of preparing a planning application for an extensive redevelopment of the campus which will include a new state of the art school building and improved and extended sports, leisure and recreational facilities.  The proposals will enable Seashell Trust to enhance and extend its unique offer, providing high levels of care long into the future. 

In order to fund this modernisation project the planning application includes proposals for the building of residential houses, to the north of the campus, which will be built by a housebuilder and sold on to the public.  This area of land is also owned by Seashell Trust and all proceeds from the sale of the land to a housebuilder will be used to fund the new campus facilities.

The entire site rests within the Green Belt and Seashell Trust is aware that development in this location is sensitive.  The decision to include the housing was therefore a last resort and was only agreed following a detailed review of all other potential funding streams. 

The future of Seashell Trust relies on the development of the new campus facilities and can only be funded by the sale of land for housing.  We have undertaken some preliminary work which has found that the site is suitable for development and will contribute towards meeting the housing needs of Stockport.

We would welcome your views on the proposals, so please get in touch with your comments or questions.  Providing us with your views now will allow your observations to be reflected within the scheme design.

We will be taking all responses into consideration as the proposals progress, so send us your comments either by writing to us or emailing us, quoting ‘Seashell Trust Planning Consultation’ in both instances.

By Post: Seashell Trust, Stanley Rd, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, SK8 6RQ

By Email: yourviews@seashelltrust.org.uk

We are currently working up the proposals at the site, and would like your input to help shape the planning application and the future of Seashell Trust.

Company no. 04216714Registered charity no. 1092655

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The brown parcels show where we think the housing will go. We aren’t sure how far the housing land will ex-tend yet, so we have shown an area of ‘flex’.

A new Sports Hall, Pa-vilion and all-weath-er sports pitch are planned for this area for use by students and members of the public.

The current school building will be extend-ed and refurbished to provide new and en-hanced facilities for Community engage-ment, including a new Training and confer-ence centre.

This is where the main-tenance and storage facilities will be located.

Two new houses are to be built in this area to provide improved fa-cilities for Assessment and advice.

A new drop-off area will provide improved facilities for School and College.

A new Kitchen and Din-ing Hall in this area will cater for students and staff of the School and College.

New Build College will be extended to provide additional Classrooms.

The College buildings will be refurbished or replaced.

An outdoor activity area will be created in this corner of the site with a cycle track, outdoor ex-ercise equipment and Forest School all inte-grated into the wood-land setting.

A new School building is currently being de-signed. This is where it will go.

Car parking facilities on site are to be im-proved and extended.

Vehicular access to the site is to be improved and the entrance wid-ened. There will be a new Reception build-ing and gatekeeper’s lodge to minimise de-lays and tailbacks.