A new local plan for Cheshire East
A local plan sets out how development (such as homes, business growth and infrastructure) should take place in the future. It also contains policies to help protect and enhance the environment, and contribute to creating attractive places where people can live active and healthy lives. Its policies are used to make decisions on planning applications. Our current local plan covers the period from 2010 to 2030, but we need to start preparing its replacement now given changes to national planning policy, the requirement to review plans regularly, and the long time it takes to prepare a new plan.
Consultation on the issues
We are consulting on an issues paper as the first important step in producing a new local plan. This sets out a number of issues that we think the new local plan should consider. The consultation provides an opportunity to tell us what issues you think the plan should address and how it can help tackle local priorities.
We are also seeking views on some supporting reports that will help to inform future stages of the new local plan, and asking people to submit sites that they consider are suitable and available for future development.
The consultation runs from 8th April to 5:00pm on 1st July 2024. You can find further information, view all the documents, and submit your responses under each of the headings below.
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The issues paper is organised under various subject areas, and asks a number of questions for each subject. We have also produced a separate topic paper for each subject area to provide further background information.
- Consultation document: Issues paper for the new local plan (PDF, 886KB)
- Background topic papers:
- Responding to the climate emergency topic paper (PDF, 531KB)
- Healthy and safe communities topic paper (PDF, 398KB)
- Design topic paper (PDF, 341KB)
- Our natural environment topic paper (PDF, 347KB)
- Homes for everyone topic paper (PDF, 441KB)
- Town centres and retail topic paper (PDF, 467KB)
- Jobs, skills and economy topic paper (PDF, 396KB)
- Transport and infrastructure topic paper (PDF, 376KB)
- Historic environment topic paper (PDF, 360KB)
- Towns and villages topic paper (PDF, 467KB)
- Rural matters topic paper (PDF, 545KB)
- Minerals topic paper (PDF, 517KB)
- Waste topic paper (PDF, 351KB)
You can also view the issues paper consultation document and submit your response online using our consultation portal:
Submit your response online
If you are not able to use the consultation portal, you can complete and return our downloadable issues paper consultation response form (PDF, 519KB).
We are also seeking views on some draft reports that will help to inform future stages of the new local plan, including:
If you are not able to use the consultation portal, you can complete and return our downloadable supporting documents consultation response form (PDF, 606KB).
Alongside the consultation on the issues paper and supporting reports, we are also inviting landowners, developers, local residents and other parties to put forwards sites that they consider are suitable and available for future development.
You can find further information on the "call for sites" and submit sites for our consideration on our consultation portal. There are separate forms for different types of sites:
Further information
In addition to this website, you can view copies of all the documents and collect printed copies of all the response forms from the Delamere House, Crewe and Macclesfield Town Hall. You can also view a copy of the issues paper consultation document and collect a printed copy of the issues paper response form from any public library in Cheshire East.
We have also produced a notice of consultation (PDF, 53KB)
For further information or assistance, please contact the Strategic Planning Team by email localplan@cheshireeast.gov.uk or telephone 01270 685893.
Page last reviewed: 04 April 2024
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