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Marple Civic Society

We are a voluntary group who are proud of Marple and want to see it thrive. We believe that everyone in our community should have a voice in helping to shape the future of Marple.

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Sustainable Future

Creating an understanding of how we can achieve a sustainable future for our Town and its citizens is now at the heart of the Society`s activities.

Sustainable Future
Excellence in Planning

One of the most important activities of the Civic Society is to engage with the planning system as it formulates plans which affect our localities and as it takes decisions on planning applications

Excellence in Planning
Promoting Heritage

Heritage is the name we give to what we inherit from the past. Heritage is the memory of what has taken place, the things we did and the choices we made that appear in our present lives as traces of that past.

Promoting Heritage

Keeping you Informed

An important update on the Marple Community Hub: the car park in Memorial Park will be closed from Sunday night (17th November). Keep up to date by checking the dedicated Council web page about the development here. We've been included as a "key stakeholder" in the Marple Community Hub development - we'll do our best to keep you updated as we get information arising from our contact with the development team. (13/11/24)
Thanks to everyone who came last night (12th November) and heard Kathryn Rees and Holly Raes from SMBC explain about "One Stockport: One Future", which has some great aspirations for our area up to 2040. The ensuing audience questions centred on Health and Care, not normally a topic we get much involved with, so it proved very interesting. (13/11/24)
Read the Civic Voice response to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2024 consultation here (20/9/24)
After the "quiet season" of the school summer holidays things have got back in to full swing with our newsletter out, an open evening on Tuesday 10th September. We'll be at the Food and Drink Festival in Market Street on Saturday 21st September: hope to see you! (17/9/24)
Another great evening on 9th July talking about whether increasing building density can help protect the greenbelt. Notes to follow soon. (20/7/24)

Making Marple Better - Together

Everyone in Marple, residents young and old, businesses and community groups, can help to identify our challenges and offer ideas for tackling them. We believe that working together to adapt to the changing world is the way to create a healthier, happier and more sustainable community for ourselves and for future generations.

NEXT EVENTS

We'll have our pop-up stand in Market Street this Saturday (16th November) - do drop by and have a chat. If you came to the One Stockport: One Future meeting then let us know what you thought!

Marple is a small town located on the River Goyt to the south east of Manchester, which is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester. The 'sense of place' and the kind of ‘future’ the Society would like to promote is not limited to the town of Marple but includes the surrounding areas of Marple Bridge, Ludworth, Mellor, Compstall, High Lane, Hawk Green and Strines.