Developer looks set to build 68 homes on greenfield site in Wilmslow

by Lisa Reeves

Thursday 10^th April 2025

Thu 10^th Apr 2025

A developer is proposing to build 68 new homes on land off Upcast Lane in Wilmslow.

Anwyl Homes is planning to construct the residential development on a 4.47ha greenfield site which is currently vacant and forms part of the Safeguarded Land LPS 59 in the CEC Local Plan, adopted in July 2017.

The site is divided into three parcels of land with 26 dwellings on parcel one, 18 on parcel two and 24 dwellings on parcel three. The housing mix comprises a combination of detached, semi-detached and 3-4 block mews buildings, up to two storeys in height. An access road is proposed from the south west of the site adjoining Upcast Lane.

The report states "In addition to the delivery of new residential dwellings, the proposed scheme will provide circa. 1.69 ha of green infrastructure including open space and play space.

Asteer Planning, on behalf of Anwyl Homes, has submitted a EIA screen report to Cheshire East Council to determine whether an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for the proposed development.

This screening report summarises the baseline conditions of the site and identifies key environmental characteristics. This is in order to determine whether there is a likelihood of significant environmental effects as a result of the proposed development.

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Nigel Lane

Tuesday 15^th April 2025 at 1:19 pm

Whilst I am all of new housing this will spoil the area of Lindow and wilmslow. It is a lovely walking area for the people who live there and if it is built on will be lost forever. This area is also not called Lindow Bogs for nothing. In Winter an awful lot of water can accumulate on the ground and in it very occasionally leave it under water for long periods of time. I hope the housing people understand the land and the necessary drainage required to remove the water, unlike the new roads bullt around Wilmslow in recent times where no proper account was taken for it.

Terry Roeves

Tuesday 15^th April 2025 at 2:22 pm

Climate change is here to stay, so CEC Planners MUST allow for more heavy rain falls and flooding. To ignore climate change is not acting in the interests of current residents and those who might buy these houses. Mitigation would be needed, but personally I am not in favour of these green fields being built on and lost forever.