Muller puts in for 448 Winsford homes
Situated on 60 acres on the southern edge of Winsford, the site being eyed by the developer is one of those proposed for housing in Cheshire West and Chester Council’s emerging local plan.
Muller Property Group has submitted outline plans to create a neighbourhood of up to 448 homes on a site east of Swanlow Lane and south of Welsh Lane. Of the 448 homes, 30% would be affordable.
CWAC is in need of homes, with a only 1.89-year housing land supply, according to the council’s latest housing monitor report.
Muller’s designs for the site include around 20 acres of public open space, including parkland, playgrounds, and allotments. Firwood Brook runs through the site and would also have its corridor enhanced with additional planting.
There would also be walking and cycling connections, sustainable drainage features, and the retention of a large amount of the hedgerows and mature trees on the site.
At least 10% biodiversity net gain is expected, should CWAC grant planning permission.
Michael Lovatt, Muller’s area land director, described submitting the planning application as “an important milestone in bringing forward a sustainable, high-quality neighbourhood for Winsford.”
“The proposals have been carefully developed following extensive technical work and consultation to ensure the development responds positively to its surroundings while helping to address the borough’s pressing need for new homes.”
Walsingham Planning is leading the application process for Muller. The project team also includes Barrie Newcombe Associates Architects, PGLA Landscape Architects, Steve Shields Arboriculture, Brindle & Green Ecology, Avalon Heritage, BTG Eddisons, and Betts Consulting.
Rounding out the team are Redmore Environmental, Cass Allen Associates, Avalon Heritage, Beacon Land Surveys, and Geo Risk Management.
The application had not been validated by Cheshire West and Chester Council at the time this story was published.
Where is the infrastructure?
Great more homes but we do require more amenities.
By Evans
If this is green space then it should not be allowed.
By Anonymous
If they won’t build 70% affordable homes
Then don’t let them build any they will still make lots of money
By Kevin Lloyd
Looks a great scheme. Cheshire firm using Cheshire’s premium Planning Consultancy. Simply lovely.
By The Planner
I know lets flood swanlow lane with atleast another 800 vehicles never mind affecting the current infrastructure of schools healthcentres etc
By Tony Donal
CWAC cannot maintain paths and green spaces now. Most are overgrown and unkempt. Swanlow lane cannot cope with traffic flow now. Adding more vehicles to this area will cause no end of chaos. Leave our green fields alone !!!??
By Anonymous
More traffic no more roads makes sense in an already grid locked town keep up the good work 👍
By Anonymous
I know some people may not like this but cwac should have it wrote with in there contracts that local companys should be able to tender for these schems this would 1st and formost help the local econamy with much needed jobs
By Lee grannell
While I understand the need for more houses, what about the roads? CWAC can’t afford to maintain them. Swanlow lane will be swamped with them, only way to go is via lanes through church minshull or over roundabout. Schools, dentist and doctors are over subscribed. I know Winsford Accadmy has a few places but its such a poorly performing school no one wants to send there kids there. Green space, CWAC can’t even maintain what’s in Winsford let alone a further 20 acres. But we all know developers say they are going to implement parks etc but never happens.
By Anonymous
We need to include schools, NHS dentist, and doctors and a higher % of affordable housing before any planning is agreed
By Anonymous
What about doctors? Dentists? Impossible to get an NHS dentist and has been for years! It’s disgraceful building all these houses without the correct infrastructure
By Maureen
Yes we need homes but its social housing that needs it. Also the infrastructure is already very stretched as there is no room in local schools for more children. The town centre is appalling for the size of Winsford as there not enough shops by far. So what is going towards housing is more for abseiling not what is actually really needed.
By E
Absolutely disgraceful if this gets the go ahead the roads can’t cope with the traffic from the charlotte place development let alone another 448 houses, this is potentially another 1500 cars, the doctors, dentists and schools can’t cope as it is, where are all these people going to register?
If this goes ahead it’s purely greed from the council thinking about extra revenue from the council tax .
By Anonymous
I think that instead of ‘eating up’ England’s Green and Pleasant Land’, because it’s cheaper to build on greenfield sites, builders should be encouraged to convert disused buildings in towns into housing.
The government should discourage 2 and 3rd home ownership by increasing taxes …
Maybe incentives should be offered for people to downsize!
By Anonymous
Absolute disgrace, quick money over the community you are failing, glad my time
In the place is near done, completely ruined the town
By Amanda Hamilton
Quite rightly the question about supporting or lack of amenities such as doctors, school places and dentists but what about water supply and sewerage, do these get considered in the planning process?
By Anonymous
We can’t even get the roads fixed properly, and this useless council wants to add more, so more roads to be left in disrepair. What are these councillors being paid for??????!!!!!!!!
By Anonymous
Should be refused the area is overcrowded
By Adrian Rowe
Far too many on an already over congested roads, cannot see any Doctors, Dentist or schools in the plan, and like so many have said cwac cannot maintain what we have at the moment.
By Concerned resident