Cheshire East Council is waiting for a revised application from Jones Homes for their controversial plans to build a residential development off Adlington Road.
Speaking at the Town Council meeting on Monday, 17th March, Cllr Paul Whiteley said "The intention of the developers was to submit a revised application and the aim was to get the application to the strategic sub-committee meeting on the 2nd April. I spoke to the officer that's handling this today and the revised application is not yet ready and he has not seen it.
"If he was to write a report it would have to be done by the end of this week, that means that it looks as though it is very unlikely to get to that meeting on the 2nd April and so the developers will be aiming for the meeting after that (30th April)."
Jones Homes applied in December 2013 to to build 203 dwellings on the 10 ha greenfield site on the north eastern edge of Wilmslow. This land has been safeguarded for development in the Wilmslow and Macclesfield versions of the Local Plan for the last 25 years and has now been identified in the council's Local Plan as a strategic site which could deliver 200 homes.
Cllr Whiteley added "The application has been revised down to 193 houses on the site. There is an element now of bungalows which will be introduced in the affordable housing section.
"Bungalows are something to be desired because they are also dwellings for older people and so form a good basis for down sizing which obviously frees up houses in the market locally to satisfy the demand."
The Council has received over 200 letters of objection to the planning application (reference 14/0007M) including an objection from Wilmslow Town Council.
The Town Council recommend refusal of the application on the grounds that the applicant's traffic assessment understates the impact of the development and does not take fully into account the impact of 950 new houses at Woodford; the development will make the already dangerous exit from Wilmslow Park North to Adlington Road even more dangerous; will increase the amount of traffic through Wilmslow Park, which is a private road, and the development is not sustainable because of inadequate infrastructure to support it.
They added that the risk of flooding has been understated and the density is too high and should be reduced to be more in keeping with the adjacent developments.
The plans can be viewed on the Cheshire East Council website by searching for planning reference 14/0007M.
Comments
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Even yesterday I was unable to access documents recently posted that are in the hands of Paul Wakefield, the builder and our Cllr Mr P Whiteley.
Nick Bowles the Planning Minister has issued clear guidelines. I expect them to be adhered to.
Mr Whiteley failed to attend either the strategic review board (SRB) vote on the core planning strategy that includes this green field site, so did not speak. Many other Cllrs did. Some were in favour, others were not.
Nor did he attend the SRB vote on the Manchester Relief Road that crosses the A34 at Handforth Dean. Cllrs from elsewhere, spoke and raised concerns. Increases in traffic are modelled on out of date figures - too low. Both of these matter a great deal to Dean Row and to all Wilmslow. Does he care about us residents? Ask him at one of his constituency surgeries.
And what do you make of our Cllr going to a WTC meeting with these new plans, before they have been seen by the public? Please draw your own conclusions. What is transparent and open about the way 14/0007M is being handled by our council and councillor? Answers please in the ballot box May 2015.
Anyone buying this would need to know what is planned, so let us see what the planners are plotting behind our backs, because they cannot be trusted, having read the above comments.
After all at one meeting in the Library, it took at least 10 minutes to get a straight answer from the Planning Officer.
Humphrey Appleby rides again in CEC... now whens that election ??
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Dear Mr Wakefield
I note that you have received a letter from the Environment Agency dated 5th March 2014 (Copy attached), which states that they have received an updated plan (26th February 2014) for the above development.
Have you had any meetings or discussions about proposed modifications to the application since the original plans were submitted for approval?
If so when and who with?
Have you seen the revised plan mentioned in the letter from the Environment Agency?
Are you expecting further documents to be submitted by the applicant before you submit your report to the Strategic Planning Committee for consideration?
Do you expect this application will be ready for consideration by the committee on 2nd April as originally proposed?
Yours truly
Stuart Redgard
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This was his response received on 18th March
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Stuart
I have had discussions with the applicants. Nothing has been formally submitted. Therefore no reconsultation has taken place. I am expecting further documents to be submitted.
It remains to be seen if the application will make it onto the agenda for 2 April.
Paul
I made the following Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the
Environment Agency on 21st March.
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Dear Environment Agency,
A letter dated 5 March 2014 has been received by Cheshire East
Council Planning from the Environment Agency (your ref
SO/2014/113217/02-L01)
http://doc.cheshireeast.gov.uk/Northgate...
Please provide a copy of all correspondence and information (i.e.
the submitted drawing) which led to the issuing of this letter
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Redgard
How is it that a builder can bypass this order of procedure
If this is so, why has not the Enviroment Agency sent these to the Council if received , not according to protocol?
Or is it that some things are better through the back door, whatever that can imply
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Thank you for your enquiry regarding the planning application made to
Cheshire East Council.
Our Planning team have informed me that you will need to look at the
Cheshire East website for all the information relating to application
SO/2014/113217/02. We don't keep hold of the documentation as it is all
available on their website.
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