Redrow’s proposals for 190 homes have been struck a blow with Cheshire East’s planning committee unanimously voting to defer the scheme claiming it could make Knutsford look like “Anywheresville”.
MCI Developments, part of Keepmoat Homes, has submitted a planning application to deliver 187 homes on Meadow Lane in Ellesmere Port.
Gladman Developments has withdrawn plans for 150 homes on the edge of Congleton, just as the project appeared on a planning agenda with a recommendation to refuse.
A public consultation has begun on the second part of the council’s Local Plan, which includes site allocations for more employment land in Crewe and housing development on Poynton Sports Club.
Local residents have vowed to continue to fight proposals to build 157 homes outside Macclesfield as housebuilder Bellway advances two planning applications for the site.
Anwyl Homes has received planning consent and is starting construction on three residential developments which will total 474 homes in Cheshire and North Wales.
The second part of the council’s Local Plan has set out further site allocations including more employment land in Crewe and housing development on Poynton Sports Club.
A former care home off Adlington Road in Wilmslow has been sold for £1.3m with the site now set to be redeveloped for residential use.
The 25-acre plot off Black Firs Lane with planning permission for up to 200 homes has been bought by Bellway from land promoter Richborough Estates.
The company’s housebuilding arm has bought three sites in Ellesmere Port and Winsford from the council to deliver 188 homes.
