Time is nearly up if you want to get involved in the latest round of the Local Plan consultation and have your say on whether a plot of Green Belt land in Alderley Edge should be identified for a housing development of up to 250 homes.
The 'Possible Additional Sites' consultation closes on Thursday, May 30th.
Responses received to the recent Local Plan consultation, in January and February 2013, have revealed a number of possible strategic sites that developers and landowners consider suitable for inclusion in the Local Plan, as well as other strategic sites that have been brought to the attention of the Council in recent months, as the plan-making process has progressed.
These additional sites include Green Belt to the north of Beech Road, part of which lies in Alderley Edge and part of which lies in Wilmslow.
This site has been submitted to the Council for consideration by How Planning, on behalf of the landowners, for the development of 200 to 250 dwellings.
The Local Plan will be finalised this year, which will help to protect Cheshire East from unplanned, unsustainable development throughout the Borough.
Councillor David Brown, Cabinet member in charge of strategic communities, said: "These possible additional sites have been proposed by developers and land interests. We are asking for the views of the people of Cheshire East as the Council has reached no views on the merits of these sites.
"If you are interested in the future of Cheshire East, it is vital that you take the time to give us your views. In progressing the next stage of our Local Plan we need to be sure that we have considered all reasonable alternatives in terms of our strategy and potential development sites."
The latest consultation document can be found at: www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/localplan where you can have your say (both in support or in opposition to these proposals) until Thursday, May 30th, when the Local Plan consultation ends.
The 'Possible Additional Sites' consultation document is also available to view at the library, by visiting Macclesfield Town Hall or the Council's headquarters at Westfields, in Sandbach.
Comments
Here's what readers have had to say so far. Why not add your thoughts below.
Is anyone coordinating the protest against this proposal?
I have co-ordinated the Parish Council reply to this proposal, and we have objected on various grounds; the site is part in Alderley, part in Wilmslow and the purpose of green Belt is to separate Towns and villages, so this is a breach of planning policy. We have objected on traffic grounds, amenity grounds - pressure on medical and school facilities.
If anyone would like to read the fuller version of our objection, and to write their own objection, the Clerk will be in the Office tomorrow Thursday and will help you. She will also help to register your objection on-line.
I have already submitted an objection citing some local knowledge - especially the subsidence of the field - having been born in this house and spending the first 24 years of my life living here.
Have just got local paper.Have a read.Richard Barton from How planning states "the land is an underused asset" He has no justification making this statement.The land is agricultural and its use is purely down to the farmers who own it,who by the way get 3 or 4 crops of silage a year from it as winter feed for the herd at Capesthorne.They spend a fortune on weedkiller and fertilizer for the land,not to mention the contractors brought in to harvest the crop.Just because the gen.public see grass growing they don't realise the costs involved.This land is definately not underused as far as a dairy farm is concerned.!
Ms Simms states " the park would provide accessible green space between Wilmslow and Alderley Edge" WRONG !! as most of the housing at the back of the Circuit and Fairbourne Ave and right up to Heyes Lane would be in Wilmslow to start with.
Rant Over.
What can I say?
I am in favour of the Parish Council taking the necessary steps to present a professional rebuttal of this proposal, in all forums, e.g. Planning Applications and the Local Plan Inquiry.
In the meantime, we have registered our opposition to this proposal.
In an earlier post I referred to the leaflets put out by Cllr Maczkowiak : she informs me that she did put leaflets out, but Mr and Mrs Carey of the Circuit dropped 600/700 leaflets, and the community should be grateful and thankful for their proactive work.
I'll just fetch a bit of 'umble pie for not understanding that their were 2 leaflets, by different people.
We formed in September last year to oppose development on Green Belt land and we have regular communication with other local residents groups which enables us to share our knowledge, experience, correspondence and information on the latest developments at Cheshire East Council, and, keep up to date on the latest Government legislation.