Macclesfield planning news
Macclesfield planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Macclesfield Sunday School Flats Recommended for Approval
Eight one-bedroom homes in the empty Townley Street Sunday School go to committee on Thursday. An old plan marks graves on the site, and there is no parking.
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Poynton
Poynton Holiday Lets Plan: 56 Objections, Approval Urged
Nine holiday lodges, a cafe and a shop at Price Poultry Farm in Higher Poynton go to committee on Thursday. Planners back it despite 56 objections.
Bollington
Crossfield Road Bollington: 77 Homes Approved, 44 Social Rent
Councillors approved 77 affordable homes in place of Bollington's Crossfield Road bungalows, and the legal deal now requires 44 at social rent, not 23.
Gawsworth
Peak Cluster pipeline moved near Gawsworth; Nov consultation
Peak Cluster has moved its CO2 pipeline boundary south-west of Gawsworth and cut the corridor to about 100m. Cheshire's next consultation opens in November.
Bollington
Bollington Bungalows Plan: The 77 Homes Councillors Approved
What Peaks and Plains proposed for 44 Bollington bungalows: 35 houses, 9 bungalows and 33 flats. Approved 30 September, with 44 homes now at social rent.
Knutsford
Spodegreen data centre: 60ha plan by M56, drop-in 30 Sept
A 60-hectare data centre campus is planned near Little Bollington, by the M56 and A556. The first public drop-in is at High Legh on 30 September, 4pm to 8pm.
Planning
Wilmslow: 293 Homes Approved at Cumber Lane and Dean Row
The board approved both schemes on 16 September: 125 Bellway homes off Cumber Lane and 168 off Dean Row Road, 30% affordable. What comes next.
Planning
Wilmslow: 293 homes on land safeguarded to 2030 face vote
Officers back 125 homes off Cumber Lane and 168 off Dean Row Road on 16 September, citing the new NPPF and a 3.3-year housing supply. How to speak.
Planning
Cheshire East planning: councillor call-in ends 31 October
Area planning committees face about 80% fewer cases when councillor call-in ends on 31 October. What officers will decide, and the new route to a hearing.
Planning
Handforth Care Home Approved, Mill Street Flats Refused
Councillors approved a 68-bed Green Belt care home at Handforth and refused 10 flats on Mill Street, after a new national planning rulebook landed two days earlier.
Planning
Handforth Garden Village work starts, consent ends 26 Sept
Work has started at Handforth Garden Village, weeks before the consent expires on 26 September. The £37m bill attached to the 1,500 homes, and how to comment.
Planning
Macclesfield: Appeal Allows 200 Homes on Prestbury Road
An inspector granted outline permission for up to 200 homes off Prestbury Road, ruling the Green Belt fields are grey belt. Affordable share: 45%.
Planning
Macclesfield planning: officers now back 68-bed care home
Cheshire East officers now back a 68-bed Handforth care home they wanted refused in January. Two Macclesfield schemes face refusal at the 19 August committee.
Planning
South Macclesfield Development Area: £10m grant signed away
Cheshire East signed a deed of termination with Homes England on 7 August, ending the £10m link road grant for the stalled 950-home site beside Danes Moss.