More than 6,500 people have responded to the recent Local Plan consultation, exceeding the 4,000 target set by the Council's campaign team.
The consultation, which ran for four weeks from the end of August, will shape the Town Strategy for Handforth as well for the areas of Crewe, Nantwich, Macclesfield, Poynton and Knutsford - and will feed in to the final Local Plan document.
Council Leader, Councillor Michael Jones said: "This is brilliant news and is a sure sign that people are engaging in the issues that really affect them and, at the vital stage.
"As I said from the beginning, if people don't get involved in the early stages then they lose their voice further down the line.
"This is something we most definitely don't want because Cheshire East wants to reflect the views of all of its communities in the Local Plan.
"The level of response has set a new benchmark – and one that we'll be aiming to exceed in the future."
Cheshire East Council are still counting all the responses so cannot confirm as yet how many responses were received from the Handforth consultation.
The next stage of the Local Plan consultation will take place over the winter months. This will focus on the development strategy for the whole of Cheshire East when, once again, the views of residents and businesses will be sought.
If you want to be first to find out when the next stage is and receive an alert, you can email your contact details to [email protected] or write to: Spatial Planning, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 1HZ.
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Great stuff, Lisa!