Cheshire East Council's revised SADPD, which forms for the second part of the borough's Local Plan is considered "likely to be found to be sound and legally compliant".
Following a process of public hearings which took place over a ten-day period in October and November last year, the independent Planning Inspector has now published his findings on the interim site allocations and development policies document (SADPD), which identifies sites for development in the local service centres of Alderley Edge, Audlem, Bollington, Chelford, Disley, Holmes Chapel, Mobberley and Prestbury.
The inspector's key interim finding include:
- the approach towards meeting residual housing development needs at Local Service Centres (LSCs) through a windfall rather than allocations-led approach is sound;
- the approach towards defining settlement and infill boundaries is justified and soundly based;
- the proposed designation of 'safeguarded land' around the Local Service Centres in the north of the Borough is sound;
- the Council's evidence of Gypsy and Traveller accommodation needs is robust and up to date, and the proposed supply of pitches through allocations and permissions would meet the identified need;
- the SADPD makes adequate provision for specialist housing accommodation for older people.
In late 2020, the Council made significant amendments to the previously published version of the SADPD, removing in particular a number of green belt sites that had previously been earmarked for development. Locally within Alderley Edge, this meant that the following sites were removed: (ALD1) land adjacent to Jenny Heyes; (ALD2) Ryleys Farm, north of Chelford Road; and (ALD4) land north of Beech Road. Site (ALD3) Ryleys Farm, remains safeguarded for potential development after 2030.
Councillor Craig Browne said "The inspector's interim finding that the approach to meeting residual housing needs at Local Service Centres (such as Alderley Edge) can be found through windfall rather than through green belt release is sound, is very good news for the village. Whilst this is not a final conclusion, it is a vindication of the current administration's policy at Cheshire East Council of protecting precious green belt land."
Following publication of the inspector's final conclusions, the amended version of the SADPD will need to be formally approved at a meeting of Cheshire East Council later this year.
Comments
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Will any of the houses collect rainwater for use in the loos and outside taps?
Will any of the houses collect the hot waste water from showers/baths/kitchens and extract the heat for recycling into a hot water storage system before discharging it as cold waste water into the sewers instead of chucking the heat down there and helping keep the sewer rats warm?
Shouldn't every planning application in the whole of the UK apply these - and more - climate changing CO2-reducing designs into ALL new homes after the recent good intentions and promises following the COP26 conference in Glasgow? Remember that before Christmas?
Might also be a good idea in helping to reduce the energy cost of running a home.
Wake up planning Muppets and DO something - like a better job than the one you are doing at the moment.
The proposed development looks like toy town houses and could be anywhere, they are certainly not in keeping with existing local dwellings and will provide a really negative Southern gateway to Wilmslow. I don’t believe that they will feature any of the environmental requirements mentioned above.
Reading the negative feedback comments on the developers website is somewhat sobering.
The former Conservative Councillors who took this land out of Green Belt protection in order to push through their flawed Local Plan should hold their heads in shame.
Will ALL the houses be built with a south-facing roof at 40 degrees pitch and COVERED in solar panels?
Will any of the houses collect rainwater for use in the loos and outside taps?
Will any of the houses collect the hot waste water from showers/baths/kitchens and extract the heat for recycling into a hot water storage system before discharging it as cold waste water into the sewers instead of chucking the heat down there and helping keep the sewer rats warm?
Shouldn't every planning application in the whole of the UK apply these - and more - climate changing CO2-reducing designs into ALL new homes after the recent good intentions and promises following the COP26 conference in Glasgow? Remember that before Christmas?
Might also be a good idea in helping to reduce the energy cost of running a home.
Wake up planning Muppets and DO something - like a better job than the one you are doing at the moment.
A reply was made that apparently what we build has nothing to do with the planners, so in many ways property developers can build what they like - even when it isn't how we should be building houses OR at least the way we should be building houses that are going to last up to 100+ years OR the sort of houses that many of us really would like to live in OR houses that are even remotely thinking about saving energy and helping keep the bills down. Let's just use lots of gas and keep Putin and his pals rich so they can invade another country but don't worry, since we live the furthest away from Moscow we should be the last one where children [YES yours] have to learn Russian in school. On the other hand he might send in his navy, in which case it'll be Ireland first and then Liverpool second and Manchester thankfully third, so not following the order of the Premiership and actually coming after Cloppy & Mo!
No time like the present therefore to refresh your thoughts with this from John Donne in 1624:
https://allpoetry.com/For-whom-the-Bell-Tolls
What do you think?
I see that you, like me are a regular contributor to comments on this website. You don’t seem to appreciate that planning law is made by the CENTRAL government in Westminster but implemented by the LOCAL government in each local authority. All law in the UK is descriptive, not prescriptive. Planning law is about land use, not building performance. So the answer to all of your questions is no.
However, at the request of Wilmslow Town Council, about 40 local resident volunteers got together and created something called the Wilmslow Neighbourhood Plan. This became a statutory document that the planning officer has to consider when reviewing every planning application in the civil parish of Wilmslow. We wanted to include all of the issues that your questions covered but were told (by a professional), that we could not as they have nothing to do with planning law.
So if you really are concerned and want to change “the system” then I suggest you contact your MP and take it up with them.