Work is set to formally begin on developing a new Local Plan for Cheshire East, says the council.
The Local Plan is designed to be a “blueprint” for how the borough will grow and thrive well into the 2040s.
Cheshire East Council is being forced to do MPs’ “dirty work” and produce a future “environmentally damaging” local plan to tackle the housing crisis, an angry councillor claimed.
Cllr Mark Goldsmith launched a blistering attack on the MPs saying both the Conservatives and Labour were responsible for the planning and housing “mess”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is making a call for sites which could potentially be included in the local plan for future development.
Several sites were submitted as part of the call for land last year.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A proposal to build homes on a village field in Wybunbury which conflicts with the local plan and would “change the rural character of the site” has been recommended for approval.
Martin and Simon Poole have applied for “permission in principle” to build up to six homes on land off Bridge Street.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has adopted the second part of its local plan with some councillors voting against it.
Some warned at the council meeting this week that planners would have to go back to the drawing board if it was rejected.
Cheshire East Council’s revised planning policy for the borough has been declared “sound” by an independent planning inspector.
The draft plan, known as the site allocation and development policy document (SADPD), outlines changes following various consultations with residents and local councils.
Cheshire East Council says it has beefed up its guidance to developers around housing schemes.
Affordable housing and accommodation for the elderly are key features of a new housing supplementary planning document (SPD) that has been formally adopted.
Cheshire East Council is looking at developing a planning strategy for the borough that extends into the 2040s.
It says the current Local Plan needs to respond to the arrival of HS2 at Crewe and the investment opportunities it should bring.
A bid to demolish a building in the picturesque village of Bunbury and build 15 new homes, looks set to be refused.
The application for the new development is for land to the west of Parkside bungalow, off Bunbury Lane.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
A controversial plan for development in Cheshire East has been passed by council cabinet and will go out for public consultation.
Cheshire East Council is bidding to ditch some housing allocations from its Local Plan Strategy to prevent them swallowing up more green belt.
The move comes as the authority takes next steps to finalising the second part of its Local Plan Strategy.
Dear Editor,
As a member of Cheshire East’s Local Plan Panel and planning committees for some years, I write regarding letters in the press about housing and the Cheshire East Local Plan.
Dear Editor,
It is now a year since this Labour/Independent administration of Cheshire East conducted their own next phase of the Local Plan consultation.
The completed consultation of 2018 was abandoned under a headline of “a reduction in allocated housing sites”.
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