A post was shared on a local Facebook group (which the councillors don’t have access to) regarding parking problems on Rosslyn Road caused by Jim’s takeaway. As we were named in the post we thought it important to respond to some of the points raised, and a number of inaccuracies.
Claims raised in the post
Tom Morrison organised a meeting over a year ago, regarding Jim’s take away and the impact it was having on local residents, including:
- Car parking in Rosslyn Road
- People consuming food in Rosslyn Road
- Pavement parking
- Noise from cars
- Rubbish being thrown onto the street
- Speeding
- Parking on double yellow lines
- Dangerous driving.
The resident contacted the Heald Green councillors about the issues. Nothing has been done since and nobody has been to talk to residents.
Our response
The initial meeting
The meeting referenced was organised by the MP, Tom Morrison. The Heald Green councillors did ask to attend as they weren’t initially invited to the meeting and weren’t involved in its organisation.
Communication with councillors
The councillors don’t have the details of those who attended as Tom Morrison didn’t share these. We had no means of getting in contact with these residents directly.
The councillors haven’t received the emails mentioned in the post, it’s possible that these were directed to the MP.
Work already undertaken
The work we’ve done on this has been communicated via:
- Contact magazine
- Our electronic newsletter
- On Facebook.
Actions taken on Jim’s Takeaway issues
We’ve been out to observe the poor car parking.
At our request a multi-disciplinary meeting regarding the anti-social parking issues took place on 2 May 2025. A number of options were discussed at the meeting. You can read about them here: Actions on parking problems at Jim’s takeaway.
Following the meeting, the discussion and action points were:
- Public reporting: Residents must report every incident to build a case for council action.
- Stricter enforcement: Trialing instant parking fines and reviewing planning breaches.
- Business responsibility: The owner is currently compliant but must use “viral” social media posts to urge respectful parking.
- Site solutions: Exploring local parking rentals or a move to a more suitable location.
- Government pressure: Requesting the MP to fast-track pavement parking laws and tackle social media-driven disruption.
We organised an Open Forum meeting on 17 June, during Cheadle Area Committee to respond to the parking issues. You can read about that here:
Ongoing challenges
We’re aware that parking remains an issue in a number of locations, as we recently updated in our latest notes from the Heald Green Ward Highways Meeting on the 10 April 2026.
What happens next
The hope is that the legislation that the government is introducing later this year will give us stronger powers to tackle this issue. The level of fines are scheduled to be considered in Stockport, as part of a formal Scrutiny Review, with the hope of increasing deterrence. This is something we will watch closely.
Summary
Unfortunately, parking is an issue across the borough. If there was a solution that would resolve these problems we would have adopted it.
This explainer sets out the issues, particularly that the pavement parking mentioned above is a police responsibility, not a council one:
We recently shared a round up on parking issues on our website to highlight the work we’ve done on this issue: