Cheshire East Council is planning to hold a further four week consultation linked to the Local Plan, starting from May 3rd.
The consultation will give members of the public a chance to have their say about some sites which have not previously been in the public domain, including a part brownfield and part greenfield site at Rotherwood Road.
This site has been proposed by Emery Planning Partnership, on behalf of Herring Properties Limited, for the development of 22 dwellings.
They are proposing to develop this in conjunction with another site at Rotherwood Road, Moor Lane (identified as site 3282 in the SHLAA*) where they are proposing to build 30 dwellings and a site at Ned Yates Garden Centre on Moor Lane (identified as site 3426 in the SHLAA) where they are proposing to build 122 dwellings.
The decision to consult will be taken at a special meeting of Strategic Planning board on May 1st and confirmed by the portfolio holder.
Councillor David Brown, Deputy Leader of Cheshire East Council, said: "In order that we can be sure that we have properly considered all available options we are therefore bringing these sites to the public's attention to ensure that the plan is robust.
"This does not mean the Council supports the development of these sites. We have reached no view at all on their merits at this stage and we are seeking people's views because they have not featured in any previous stage of the local plan. These sites have been proposed by developers to achieve their business objectives.
"In creating a new plan we need to be sure that we have considered all reasonable alternatives in terms of our strategy and potential development sites. We have to ensure that alternatives are considered and will have to pass sustainability and environmental tests before any are accepted as part of our wider consideration of the Local Plan.
"Earlier in the year we had extensive consultation on our new Local Plan - and in response received well over 10,000 comments back.
"Some of these have proposed alternative development sites that have featured neither in the Draft Local Plan or the preceding Town Strategies.
"We therefore need to bring these sites to public attention and find out what the public think of them.
"We will be consulting on Alternative Site Options for four weeks, beginning May 3.
"I should stress that the Council is not positively proposing any of these sites for development at this stage - these are merely sites that have been presented to us as options.
"Rather than keep these under wraps we want to know what everyone thinks.
"Many of these sites, I believe will be unacceptable but there may be some hidden jewels.
"We have formed no view as to the merits of these sites - so please gives us your views."
* SHLAA - Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment. This document identifies potential housing sites and assesses whether these sites are developable, how many housing units could be accommodated on them and when they could be delivered. Click here to view the draft version of the SHLAA.
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Of course redeveloping brownfield site is more preferable to new development on a greenfield site but it's still in the greenbelt!