Developers are staging a public consultation for views on its controversial Maylands Park site in Stapeley, Nantwich.
Muller Property Group has planning permission the first phase of its Maylands Park site, on land between Peter de Stapleigh Way and Audlem Road.
Now it bosses are inviting comments and views from residents for the mixed use development part of the site.
Muller’s proposals include:
– a local centre, comprising 6 units of a total 1,598 sqm
– an office building extending to 1755 sqm
– employment development for warehouse and light industrial buildings, comprising 3 units of a total 1,945 sqm
– car and HGV access to industrial units and warehouses, landscaping and associated infrastructure
The site is controversial as Muller has been fighting to develop the land since 2012, despite continual objections from Cheshire East Council, local MPs, Stapeley Parish Council and many residents.
Initial applications were rejected by Cheshire East Council, but developers appealed and took the case to the High Court.
The appeal was eventually upheld by the Secretary of State in July 2020, granting Muller permission to build 189 homes, a primary school, village green, children’s play area and allotments.
Access to the site will be from the current spur at the traffic lights of Peter de Stapleigh Way and Pear Tree Field, opposite the Cronkinson Farm pub.
A spokesperson for Muller said: “Muller welcomes the local community’s view on the development proposals to understand what they would like to see come forward on this site.
“The site has outline planning permission for a mixed-use development including up to 189 homes, a local centre, employment development, a primary school site, public open space, green infrastructure including ecological area, new vehicle and pedestrian access points and associated works which was approved by the Secretary of State in July 2020. There are several other related planning consents for access roads and internal spine roads within the site.
“Planning permission for 188 dwellings for Phase 1 of development at the site was granted to Barratt & David Wilson Homes and Muller in March 2023.
“All feedback received during this consultation for the mixed-use scheme will be considered by the design team and where possible amendments to the proposals will be made to address feedback received.”
The pre-application consultation will end on June 21 2023.
For more details and to provide comments and feedback, visit https://www.maylandsparkconsultation.co.uk/
(Aerial image courtesy of Jonathan White)
When the developer was pushing through the Malbank Waters estate they promised a shop, play area and numerous environmental considerations. Now it’s finished you can see the result, all of which were passed by CEC and part of the deal when railroaded through at appeal.
Shop – cancelled
Play area – not done, converted to deep pond of near stagnant water with wire fence
Sewage system – could not cope, so smelly pumping station had to be built, mix of under and overground
Trees and hedges – felled and uprooted, built over roots and effectively damaged or removed.
Hedgehog fence holes – not sure any were put in although on plans for all properties
Traffic – massive increase day and night.
Crime – know issues with area, police there regularly.
On street parking – a total mess as each dwelling has more than one car and exceeds the capacity of allocation in drive so on the narrow street they go
Light pollution and noise – both way above what was said was sensitive and unlikely to be an issue.
Traffic control – Nantwich traffic lights and Queens drive condition of development to upgrade and make through system with new lights , never done or only in part.
Once development was nearly finished, second development added then a third. It’s s gateway to more and more.
The land was sloping and uneven – solution build it up by up to two metres against adjacent properties who have lost light and are blighted with view. I know you can’t protect a view but they were not supposed to block 25% of the light in the developers nice far away drawings, designed to fool planners in thinking it will be a pretty development.
Shoe box designs with tiny gardens and on top of each other – a poor way to live long term so properties change hands as people realise what the purchased.
Protected species, fend for themselves, now much gone. Where are the bats now the old oaks are gone?
People need homes, I agree, and new ones need building but compare these new build with 1930-70 council homes fit for families and no comparison. New purchasers are being led by the nose due to lack of supply to the new ones which are not a patch on an older well built and larger home, which you can’t get, as the current owners don’t move away.
The list could go on, but you get the picture between planners, developers, who know the systems better than the planners, and the government, who ride over the locals and councils anyway.
Consultation? Not really, the developer will tell you the lovely homes they will build and the council will agree it, then off it goes, nothing can be said now that will bring back the trees and make these homes a nice place to live. Industrial estate on top sounds like they had to tick a box on employment so chucked in cheap ‘units’ shells to satisfy that. You wait, Nantwich out of town shopping centre will be next to mess the town up. One of the few nice places left bring reduced to dormitory town buy degrees. Live here, work miles away. The trains can’t cope, Doctor, you must be joking, dentist good luck finding one. The infrastructure of the area is lacking, not in the plan apart from a primary school.
Muller as usual will only bump his company leaving a load of supplier’s struggling but he never does go under. Too many different companies operating under the Muller name to be trusted, at least Jonny Depp wore a pirates costume so you could see who he was 🙁
Can somebody please tell me why Nantwich NEEDS this new development?
It seems to me that we have enough houses and enough industrial capacity, so why do we have to have more?
Seems like those nice people in Westminster know more about what we want than we do!
Needs to be turned solely into much need housing.
This development has been controversial since the stand of mature Oak trees on the land was mysteriously cut down one Bank Holiday weekend several years ago.
Nobody knew who was responsible, but we were all looking in Mueller’s direction.
Go on the CEC planning website & take a look at the submissions for this development. The traffic analyses are years out of date, so do not fully reflect the Stapeley Water Gardens development. On their own admission CEC acknowledge that with just one exception, all local junctions will be operating at capacity by 2022, yet they have still nodded this through without objection.
Anybody who uses PdS Way knows just how bad the traffic already is – how much worse will it be with another 189 houses, plus industry, warehousing & another school. All going through the junction opposite the Co-Op.
Pointless to,protest, brown envelopes were exchanged many years ago, & nothing will stop this monstrous development from now going ahead.
Haha, that is a total of almost the size of nearly 3 Sainsburys, that is almost 6,000 sqm at the moment!!!
17,184 sqm That is a lot!!
so just to be clear, how do we compare this in relation to other areas with these sheds
a local centre, comprising 6 units of a total 1,598 sqm
– an office building extending to 1755 sqm
– employment development for warehouse and light industrial buildings, comprising 3 units of a total 1,945 sqm
so a total of 10 buildings
are they all the size of M&S in town,
or are they more like B&M in Beam Heath Way,
or totaled together are we looking at a Morrisons
or a Sainsburys,
feeling claustrophobic already!!
Like they care what locals want. Locals did not want it built in the first place. Neither did our elected councillors, the council planning department or the 3 MPs we have had
Pointless exercise. This developer is ruthless and will do what ever is required to get what he wants. The scheme was originally turned down by the government minister responsible so hey presto change the minister for one who will approve it!
Trees felled that were in the way, felled over a bank holiday weekend. Cheshire East knew nothing. Developer pleased ignorance but was the only one who stood to gain. Ruthless developer with I suspect friends in high place