IM Land maps out 500 Crewe homes
A primary school, nursery, and 100-space car park also factor in the plans for 74 acres of greenfield off Gretsy Lane from the West Midlands-based developer.
IM Land, the strategic land arm of IM Properties, has begun a consultation on the 500-home project. The consultation closes on 9 January and can be accessed at westcreweroadsouthgrestylane.co.uk.
Feedback from the consultation will be fed into a detailed masterplan, which is due to be submitted to Cheshire East Council in the new year.
The proposed neighbourhood would be made up of houses with between one and five bedrooms, of which 30% would be affordable. There would also be allotments, a play area, and public open space throughout the development – as well as a retained woodland.
The proposed carpark would be to alleviate parking congestion at Crewe Alexandra in the Community’s football centre.
Cars would access the site from three points: two on Gresty Lane and one from Crewe Road. Pedestrian and cycle routes would be incorporated into the design to make the neighbourhood easy to navigate regardless of how you get around.
“This is an exciting opportunity to not only create much-needed new homes for Crewe but also deliver high-quality infrastructure that will benefit the whole community,” said Ian Deverell, senior land and planning manager at IM Land.
“We know how important it is for people to have access to schools and to sport, as it helps bring people together and create a strong sense of community,” Deverell continued.
“That’s why we are working with the council and Crewe Alexandra in the Community to ensure these benefits are delivered in the right way.”
Totally inappropriate development, particularly using Gresty Lane for two access points. Gresty Lane is winding and narrow and is used by a number of children to walk to Shavington High School on a daily basis. Therefore it would be extremely dangerous to have access to Gresty Lane to increased vehicular traffic.
There is also a question of access to a local Doctors’ surgery. Rope Green surgery already has 21,000 patients. Is it acceptable to have another, possibly, 2000 patients from the new estate?
There was a similar application about 12 years ago which was turned down by the then Secretary of State regarding losing the Green Gap between Wistaston and Shavington. Has this been ignored? There has been considerable new building on the southern side of the A500 already, now it seems building on the northern side is making sure that Shavington is subsumed into Crewe, losing its identity as a villlage.
At the moment a “Green” barrier of two fields is shown on the planning map between the development and Rope Lane and at the Eastern end between the development and Crewe Road. If the development goes ahead, what guarantee do we have that these adjacent fields will not be developed?
All these questions need to be addressed before planning consent can be considered.
By Peter Hawxwell
I agree with all the comments of Peter Hawxwell. We do not need more housing, the existing Drs cannot cope with population of Shavington now, how is it expected to subsume an extra 2000+ people. Gresty Lane is a nightmare to drive down now, people do not drive to the conditions of the road. As Mr Hawxwell stated, children walk down that lane to school, it would be even more dangerous for them with the extra traffic on the road. Too much land is being taken to build upon, no thought is given to flooding problems when we have continuous heavy rain and there is no ‘run off’. Greenfield spaces should be left alone, the wildlife is slowly being desimated. I totally disagree with this proposal.
Barbara Hitchings . 3 December 2025.
By Barbara Hitchings