Planning permission has been granted for a further four detached properties to be built at the Oak Park development, located at the site of the former Royal Oak pub.
Cheshire Housebuilders Limited have been given the go ahead to build another four houses, extend the drive and create a turning area on the former bowling green off Heyes Lane.
The Parish Council recommended refusal of this application on the grounds that it would eradicate the open space which was protected in the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan, it would be an overdevelopment of the site and lead to unneighbourly intrusion into residential properties in Beaufort Close. The Edge Association also recommended refusal and called for the site to remain open space, either as allotments, a park or wildlife reserve.
A number of residents objected that the houses would overshadow existing properties by both size and proximity and some raised concerns about drainage.
Whilst others wrote in favour of the plans stating that the Oak Park development had been a huge success and enhanced the area, these residents raised concerns about the disused land becoming overgrown or a security issue if permission was not granted.
Planning permission was granted subject to a number of conditions, which include a specified windows being glazed with opaque glass and the site must be drained on a totally separate system.
Plans for the four new houses can be viewed on the Cheshire East Council website by searching for planning reference 13/1259M.
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This is not in the best interest of anyone apart from those who peruse this project and the developer who eventually get their hands on this piece of land.