Bellway seeks views on 135-home Wilmslow plan
The developer hopes to submit an application to Cheshire East Council by early 2025 to convert the 13-acre site into a neighbourhood.
Found off Cumber Lane, approximately 1.5 miles from Wilmslow town centre, proposals outline a mixture of two- to six-bedroom houses and an outdoor play space to meet identified local housing needs.
Each home will be two storeys and 41 properties would be affordable, 30% of the total 135-home scheme.
The land in question was removed from Green Belt and has been identified by the council for future housing development in the Local Plan Strategy which was adopted by Cheshire East Council in 2017.
Bellway aims to build a sustainable scheme using photovoltaic panels on roof slopes and electric vehicle charging points.
Wednesday 4 December is the final deadline for public feedback. Following an approval, work would likely start in the second half of 2025.
AshtonHale and Astle Planning & Design will work with Bellway to prepare an application following a successful consultation process.
Urban Design Group and Calderpeel will also contribute to the project.
Views can be submitted on the website itself at ashtonhale.co.uk/wilmslow-consultation.
Whilst removed from Green Belt, was it not safeguarded for housing beyond the current local plan period? Not mentioned in consultation documents or this article, funny that………….
By The Planner
Sounds like a well managed release of land for development, meanwhile down the road in Stockport planning chaos is the name of the game.
By Anonymous
If you look at the access, the layout leaves a single home on a junction – why ?
By TJL
@Anonymous (November 28, 2024 at 1:06 pm)
Of course Cheshire East spent an extended period of time going through the proverbial – probably worse than Stockport have yet faced – before they finally got their local plan in place. The fundamental problem is that the councilors being asked to approve development plans which look to the future are beholden to the voting whims of people who are the past and the present.
By now
@TJL I noticed the same. Looks like they’ll demolished 2 or 3 houses for a road in and leave the one sat in between two roads. Seems very odd
By Tomo
One of the best places to live in the North West, reflected in the house prices
By Anonymous