Cheshire East Council (CEC) has revealed their recommendations for how many new homes should be built in the smaller towns, villages and rural areas between 2010 and 2030.
Cllr David Brown presented the figures at the Town and Parish Council Conference meeting on Thursday, 1st May, informing them how many new homes each area is expected to deliver during the 20 year period.
CEC is suggesting that 258 new homes should be built in Alderley Edge between 2010 and 2030. Of these 17 have been completed between April 2010 and December 2013 and 51 are committed - leaving a requirement for a further 190 new dwellings to be built in the next 16 years.
CEC will be submitting the Local Plan Strategy Submission Version to the Secretary of State for Public Examination at the end of May, the Spatial Planning Team will then work on developing the Cheshire East Local Plan Site Allocations and Development Policies document. This will focus on the borough's 14 Local Service Centres (of which Alderley Edge is one), villages and rural areas.
Adrian Fisher, Head of Strategic & Economic Planning, said "The Spatial Planning and Partnerships teams will work with local Members, Town and Parish Councils and communities to prepare and consult on the Site Allocations and Development Policies document with the objective of making the Plan meaningful for local communities whilst also addressing future needs."
The Local Plan Strategy states that the Borough is to deliver over 27,000 new homes and provide for a minimum of 300 hectares of employment land over the period of 2010 to 2030. In addition, provision will be made for up to 500 homes to assist with meeting the housing needs of High Peak Borough during the period 2020 to 2030.
The Local Service Centres are: Alderley Edge, Audlem, Bollington, Bunbury, Chelford, Disley, Haslington, Holmes Chapel in association with Goostrey, Mobberley, Prestbury, Shavington and Wrenbury.
These are expected to accommodate in the order of 5 hectares of employment land and 2,500 new homes by 2030. Other settlements and rural areas are expected to accommodate 5 hectares of employment land and 2,000 new homes by 2030.
The Parish Council and local community will be consulted over a six week period about their views on Alderley Edge, as it is now and how they would like to see it by 2030.
They will be asked to consider the aspects that they like about the area, how they would like to see it improved and the role that development can play in delivering these aspirations.
The Council says the exercise is designed to find out how the local community considers Alderley Edge to function, and to understand what the community would like to see improved through the Site Allocations and Development Policies document. Issues could include whether to allocate a new village green, community centre or a new Open Space designation.
This process should consider a number of matters including housing, employment, open space, community facilities etc. An information pack will be provided to the community to assist in these discussions, the outcomes of which will then be returned to the Council.
Separately the Council will undertake a call for sites exercise with the development industry and local landowners.
The Council will then provide a summary of the local communities' aspirations, alongside a comprehensive set of site options to deliver on these aspirations - which the local community will then be asked to consider over a further six week period with the expectation that they indicate a community preference for the future location of development in the village.
Click here to download the table showing populations and housing requirements for the Local Service Centres.
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The map showing the principle sites that might be developed can be found in Appendix C