1,065 permanent, hard-surfaced parking spaces sounds like a lot and it is: bigger than any other car park for miles around, comparable to 4 standard-size Tesco or 10 Aldi car parks.

Using a variety of sources including previous planning applications, here’s a list of nearby large car parking facilities to show how Lyme’s plans compare, including EV charging and cycle stands where possible:

• Tesco Extra Stockport - approx 600-650 spaces (15 cycle stands)
• Morrisons Bredbury - 506
• Sainsbury’s Hazel Grove - 456 (15 cycle stands)
• Hazel Grove Park and Ride - 400 (15 cycle sands)
• Tesco Glossop - 290
• Tesco Whaley Bridge - 249 (4 EV, 6 cycle stands)
• Asda Marple - 200 (5 cycle stands)
• Aldi Hazel Grove - 175 (4 cycle stands)
• Aldi Bakewell - 106 (6 cycle stands)
• Lidl Cheadle Heath (Proposed) - 100 (4 EV, 6 cycle stands)
• RHS Bridgewater - 500? (50 cycle stands)
• Chatsworth - approx 675
• Lyme Park (Proposed) - 1,065 (no EV, 8 cycle stands)

As you can see, the proposal for Lyme is astonishingly big — four times the large Tesco supermarket at Whaley Bridge. That huge Tesco Extra beside the M60 in Stockport must be bigger, surely? No, that’s only around 650 cars — Lyme’s would hold 50% more cars!

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