Marshall CDP puts in for Daresbury resi

The firm is looking to establish outline consent for up to 60 market-sale homes on land between the M56 and Breretons Lane.

Marshalls is working with Randall Thorp and CV Planning on the project, with the professional team also featuring SLR, JPG, CBO Transport and King Street Planning.

The 10.4-acre site is north of the M56 and south of Breretons Lane and Lower Hays, Daresbury Park.

Castle Green’s Bridgewater View development sits immediately north of the site, both housing developments sitting to the west of the Daresbury Park business accommodation.

As st out in the planning documents, the site is zoned for B1 employment development, but the team feels that time has passed, stating that it “has been marketed consistently over many years but unfortunately has not been taken up by the market for employment”.

The case made by CV Planning continues: “The site is not a suitable location for alternative employment-generating uses… There has been no interest from potential retailers or other forms of land use which would be job generating such as a supermarket or retail facility.”

As to the sustainability of the development, CV points out that Castle Green’s scheme is to see £1m pumped into local transport provision and walking and cycling rout, with the X30 bus service already servicing the area.

As only outline permission is being sought, there is no detail on the make-up of the scheme in terms of numbers of bedrooms each home would offer. The plan is for market-rate housing, though, as set out in the application form.

Planning documents for the application can be viewed on Halton Council’s planning portal, using the reference 26/00430/OUTEIA.