Campaigners in Wistaston near Nantwich are urging residents to lodge objections against a 300-home development before it’s too late.
Gladman Developments wants to build up to 300 houses on land off Church Lane, in Wistaston, known locally as Witters Field.
The plans were refused by Cheshire East Council and Gladman has now appealed to the Planning Inspectorate.
And local residents have until Wednesday April 9 to submit their views if they are to be considered at an appeal inquiry later this year.
Members of action group Hands off Wistaston (HOW), Wistaston Parish Council and local Cheshire East councillors are calling on more people to add their comments.
HOW spokesman Peter Wainwright said: “HOW has been doing all it can to get this application refused but we need you now.
“If you hate the thought of losing Witters Field to a housing development then please take a few minutes to go online and make your comments. You will be doing your bit for our community.”
Wistaston Parish Cllr Joyce Bond added: “It will be a great pity if Witters Field is built on.
“We need Planning Inspectors to understand just how much it means to the local community, its public footpaths together with wide views across open countryside could be lost forever and that would be unforgivable.
“It’s still not too late to add your comments about this proposed development.”
Cllr Margaret Simon, for the Cheshire East Wistaston ward, said: “HOW, Wistaston Parish Council and councillors have all been working incredibly hard on behalf of residents, to save our local Green Gaps and to fight off this unplanned, unsustainable and unwanted development.
“I made the point in a recent Strategic Planning Board Meeting that this proposal to build on Witters Field has resulted in an unprecedented number of objections from Wistaston residents.
“I have never known such strength of public feeling. Witters Field matters very much to Wistaston residents.”
You can view the plans and add comments through the link below:
http://www.pcs.planningportal.gov.uk/pcsportal/ViewCase.asp?caseid=2213505&coid=82560
(Pics: Members of HOW outside of Wistaston Memorial Hall, and with MP Edward Timpson, Michael Jones, Leader of Cheshire East Council and Cheshire East Councillor Margaret Simon, in Nantwich)
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