Site Allocations and Development Policies Document

The Site Allocations and Development Policies Document (PDF, 2.1MB) is the second part of the Cheshire East Local Plan and provides detailed planning policies and land allocations in line with the overall approach set out in the Local Plan Strategy. It was adopted on 22 December 2022.

In addition to the SADPD, the Local Plan Strategy, completed neighbourhood plans, and the saved policies in the Cheshire Waste Local Plan and Cheshire Minerals Local Plan will also be used to determine planning applications.

The adopted policies map shows the geographical extent of policies in the Local Plan.

Further information

An index of adopted Local Plan policies is available for reference and the planning policy documents index lists all adopted planning policy and guidance documents in Cheshire East.

On adoption, the SADPD replaced all of the saved policies from the Congleton Local Plan, Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan and Macclesfield Local Plan. These plans are longer used when determining planning applications.

The inspector's Final Report on the Examination (PDF, 728KB) and Recommended Main Modifications (PDF, 769KB) remain available for reference and the supporting documents listed in the SADPD Appendix A are available to download below.

Local Plan examination
Reference Title Date Author
ED 03 Revised Publication Draft SADPD Sustainability Appraisal (PDF, 5.6MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 03a Revised Publication Draft SADPD Sustainability Appraisal Non-technical Summary (PDF, 815KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 04 SADPD Habitats Regulations Assessment (revised publication version) (PDF, 2.5MB) 29 April 2021 JBA Consulting
ED 05 The Provision of Housing and Employment Land and the Approach to Spatial Distribution (PDF, 1.0MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 06 Settlement and Infill Boundaries Review (PDF, 13.7MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 07 Site Selection Methodology Report (PDF, 387KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 08 Strategic Green Gaps Boundary Definition Review (PDF, 2.1MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 09 Ecological Network for Cheshire East (PDF, 573KB) 29 April 2021 Total Environment
ED 10 Cheshire East Landscape Character Assessment (PDF, 52.0MB) 29 April 2021 LUC
ED 10a Landscape Character Assessment Appendices (PDF, 17.0MB) 29 April 2021 LUC
ED 11 Cheshire East Local Landscape Designation Review (PDF, 6.9MB) 29 April 2021 LUC
ED 12 Employment Allocations Review (PDF, 3.4MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 13 Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment (PDF, 3.2MB) 29 April 2021 Opinion Research Services
ED 14 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Selection Report (PDF, 3.3MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 15 Aircraft Noise Policy Background Report (PDF, 1.2MB) 29 April 2021 Jacobs
ED 16 Threshold Policy for Main Town Centres Uses Impact Test: Evidence and Justification Report (PDF, 555KB) 29 April 2021 WYG
ED 17 Cheshire East Retail Study Partial Update (PDF, 17.2MB) 29 April 2021 WYG
ED 18 Green Space Strategy Update (PDF, 15.4MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 18a Green Space Strategy Technical Appendices (PDF, 1.5MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 18b Outdoor Sports Technical Appendices (PDF, 4.3MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 19 Cheshire East Playing Pitch Strategy and Action Plan (PDF, 2.7MB) 29 April 2021 Knight, Kavanagh & Page
ED 19a Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report Update (PDF, 3.1MB) 29 April 2021 Knight, Kavanagh & Page
ED 20 Cheshire East Indoor Built Facilities Strategy (PDF, 842KB) 29 April 2021 Knight, Kavanagh & Page
ED 20a Indoor Built Facilities Strategy Progress and Evidence Review (PDF, 424KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 21 Alderley Edge Settlement Report (PDF, 7.5MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 22 Alsager Settlement Report (PDF, 1.4MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 23 Audlem Settlement Report (PDF, 1.9MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 24 Bollington Settlement Report (PDF, 8.3MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 25 Bunbury Settlement Report (PDF, 1.4MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 26 Chelford Settlement Report (PDF, 3.3MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 27 Congleton Settlement Report (PDF, 5.0MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 28 Crewe Settlement Report (PDF, 12.0MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 29 Disley Settlement Report (PDF, 5.9MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 30 Goostrey Settlement Report (PDF, 715KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 31 Handforth Settlement Report (PDF, 4.4MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 32 Haslington Settlement Report (PDF, 1.9MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 33 Holmes Chapel Settlement Report (PDF, 769KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 34 Knutsford Settlement Report (PDF, 3.9MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 35 Macclesfield Settlement Report (PDF, 8.0MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 36 Middlewich Settlement Report (PDF, 4.2MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 37 Mobberley Settlement Report (PDF, 4.0MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 38 Nantwich Settlement Report (PDF, 4.4MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 39 Poynton Settlement Report (PDF, 1.3MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 40 Prestbury Settlement Report (PDF, 8.6MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 41 Sandbach Settlement Report (PDF, 5.1MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 42 Shavington Settlement Report (PDF, 7.1MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 43 Wilmslow Settlement Report (PDF, 5.8MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 44 Wrenbury Settlement Report (PDF, 1.2MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 45 Call for Sites Report (PDF, 28.3MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 46 Other Settlements and Rural Areas Report (PDF, 886KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 47 Cheshire East Green Infrastructure Plan (PDF, 3.7MB) 29 April 2021 The Environment Partnership
ED 47a Green Infrastructure Plan Appendices (PDF, 7.9MB) 29 April 2021 The Environment Partnership
ED 48 Heritage Impact Assessments of Sites in Local Plan Site Selection (1) (PDF, 8.0MB) 29 April 2021 Hinchliffe Heritage
ED 48a Heritage Impact Assessments of Sites in Local Plan Site Selection (2) (PDF, 5.1MB) 29 April 2021 Hinchliffe Heritage
ED 49 Cheshire East Residential Mix Assessment (PDF, 1.0MB) 29 April 2021 Opinion Research Services
ED 50 Restaurants, Cafés, Pubs and Hot Food Takeaways Background Report (PDF, 1.8MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 51 SADPD Duty to Co-operate Statement of Common Ground (PDF, 543KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 51a SADPD Duty to Co-operate Statement of Common Ground Appendix 2: List of Signatories (PDF, 122KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 52 Local Plan Site Allocations and Development Policies Viability Assessment (PDF, 12.3MB) 29 April 2021 HDH Planning and Development
ED 53 Local Service Centres Safeguarded Land Distribution Report (PDF, 6.8MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 54 Local Plan Monitoring Framework (PDF, 266KB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 55 Green Infrastructure Assessment of Cheshire East (PDF, 4.7MB) 29 April 2021 The Mersey Forest
ED 56 SADPD Consultation Statement (part I covering Reg 18 representations) (PDF, 5.0MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 56a SADPD Consultation Statement Part II (Regulation 20 representations statement) (PDF, 9.6MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 57 Nationally Described Space Standards (PDF, 4.1MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council
ED 58 The Approach Towards Small Sites (PDF, 1.2MB) 29 April 2021 Cheshire East Council

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