Revised Publication Draft Site Allocations ... - Cheshire East

1 Cheshire East Local Plan Revised Publication Draft site Allocations and Development Policies Document ('Clean' version) September 2020 Contents 2 1 Introduction 6 2 Planning for growth 6 Spatial distribution and settlements 9 Green Belt and safeguarded land 10 Green gaps 14 3 General requirements 24 4 Natural environment, climate change and resources 24 Ecology 28 Landscape 31 Trees, woodlands and hedgerows 33 Climate change 35 Energy 41 Pollution 47 Flood risk and water management 52 5 The historic environment 62 6 Rural issues 62 Agriculture 68 Rural economy 74 Rural buildings 80 7 Employment and economy 84 8 Housing 84 Housing types 95 Housing standards 101 Housing delivery 104 9 Town centres and retail 104 Retailing 114 Town centres 128 10 Transport and infrastructure 128 Transport 130 Manchester Airport 132 Other infrastructure 140 11 Recreation and community facilities 146 12 site Allocations i Cheshire EAST LOCAL PLAN Revised Publication Draft SADPD ('clean' version)

2 Contents Crewe 147 150 Congleton 151 Middlewich 153 Poynton 157 Holmes Chapel 158 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpersons sites 168 13 Monitoring and implementation 170 14 Glossary Appendices 178 A Related documents and links SADPD: Policies 6 Policy PG 8 Development at local service centres 7 Policy PG 9 Settlement boundaries 8 Policy PG 10 Infill villages 9 Policy PG 12 Green Belt and safeguarded land boundaries 10 Policy PG 13 strategic green gaps boundaries 10 Policy PG 14 Local green gaps 14 Policy GEN 1 Design principles 16 Policy GEN 2 Security at crowded places 17 Policy GEN 3 Advertisements 18 Policy GEN 4 Recovery of forward-funded infrastructure costs 19 Policy GEN 5 Aerodrome safeguarding 20 Policy GEN 6 Airport public safety zone 20 Policy GEN 7 Recovery of planning obligations reduced on viability grounds 24 Policy ENV 1 Ecological network 26 Policy ENV 2 Ecological implementation 28 Policy ENV 3 Landscape character 29 Policy ENV 4 River corridors 30 Policy ENV 5 Landscaping 31 Policy ENV 6 Trees.

3 Hedgerows and woodland implementation 33 Policy ENV 7 Climate change 35 Policy ENV 8 District heating network priority areas 36 Policy ENV 9 Wind energy 38 Policy ENV 10 Solar energy 40 Policy ENV 11 Proposals for battery energy storage systems 41 Policy ENV 12 Air quality 42 Policy ENV 13 Aircraft noise 45 Policy ENV 14 Light pollution 46 Policy ENV 15 New development and existing uses 47 Policy ENV 16 Surface water management and flood risk Cheshire EAST LOCAL PLAN Revised Publication Draft SADPD ('clean' version) ii Contents 49 Policy ENV 17 Protecting water resources 52 Policy HER 1 Heritage assets 53 Policy HER 2 Heritage at risk 54 Policy HER 3 Conservation areas 56 Policy HER 4 Listed buildings 57 Policy HER 5 Registered parks and gardens 58 Policy HER 6 Historic battlefields 58 Policy HER 7 Non-designated heritage assets 59 Policy HER 8 Archaeology 60 Policy HER 9 World heritage site 62 Policy RUR 1 New buildings for agriculture and forestry 63 Policy RUR 2 Farm diversification 64 Policy RUR 3 Agricultural and forestry workers dwellings 66 Policy RUR 4 Essential rural worker occupancy conditions 67 Policy RUR 5 Best and most versatile agricultural land 68 Policy RUR 6 Outdoor sport.

4 Leisure and recreation outside of settlement boundaries 69 Policy RUR 7 Equestrian development outside of settlement boundaries 71 Policy RUR 8 Visitor accommodation outside of settlement boundaries 72 Policy RUR 9 Caravan and camping sites 73 Policy RUR 10 Employment development in the open countryside 74 Policy RUR 11 Extensions and alterations to buildings outside of settlement boundaries 75 Policy RUR 12 Residential curtilages outside of settlement boundaries 76 Policy RUR 13 Replacement buildings outside of settlement boundaries 77 Policy RUR 14 Re-use of rural buildings for residential use 80 Policy EMP 1 strategic employment areas 81 Policy EMP 2 Employment Allocations 84 Policy HOU 1 Housing mix 86 Policy HOU 2 Specialist housing provision 88 Policy HOU 3 Self and custom build dwellings 89 Policy HOU 4 Houses in multiple occupation 91 Policy HOU 5a Gypsy and Traveller site provision 93 Policy HOU 5b Travelling Showperson site provision 94 Policy HOU 5c Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showperson site principles 95 Policy HOU 6 Accessibility and wheelchair housing standards 96 Policy HOU 7 Subdivision of dwellings 97 Policy HOU 8 Backland development 97 Policy HOU 9 Extensions and alterations 98 Policy HOU 10 Amenity 99 Policy HOU 11 Residential standards 100 Policy HOU 12 Housing density 101 Policy HOU 13 Housing delivery 102 Policy HOU 14 Small and medium-sized sites 104 Policy RET 1 Retail hierarchy 106 Policy RET 2 Planning for retail needs 108 Policy RET 3 Sequential and impact tests 110 Policy RET 4 Shop fronts and security 111 Policy RET 5 Restaurants, caf s, pubs and hot food takeaways 112 Policy RET 6 Neighbourhood parades of shops 114 Policy RET 7 Supporting the vitality of town and retail centres 115 Policy RET 8 Residential accommodation in the town centre iii Cheshire EAST LOCAL PLAN Revised Publication Draft SADPD ('clean' version)

5 Contents 116 Policy RET 9 Environmental improvements, public realm and design in town centres 118 Policy RET 10 Crewe town centre 122 Policy RET 11 Macclesfield town centre and environs 128 Policy INF 1 Cycleways, bridleways and footpaths 129 Policy INF 2 Public car parks 129 Policy INF 3 Highway safety and access 130 Policy INF 4 Manchester Airport 131 Policy INF 5 Off-airport car parking 132 Policy INF 6 Protection of existing and proposed infrastructure 134 Policy INF 7 Hazardous installations 135 Policy INF 8 Telecommunications infrastructure 135 Policy INF 9 Utilities 136 Policy INF 10 Canals and mooring facilities 140 Policy REC 1 Green/open space protection 141 Policy REC 2 Indoor sport and recreation implementation 142 Policy REC 3 Green space implementation 143 Policy REC 4 Day nurseries 144 Policy REC 5 Community facilities SADPD: Sites 147 site CRE 1 Land at Bentley Motors 148 site CRE 2 Land off Gresty Road 150 site CNG 1 Land off Alexandria Way 151 site MID 2 East and west of Croxton Lane 152 site MID 3 Centurion Way 153 site PYT 1 Poynton Sports Club 154 site PYT 2 Land north of Glastonbury Drive 156 site PYT 3 Land at Poynton High School 157 site PYT 4 Former Vernon Infants School 157 site HCH 1 Land east of London Road 158 site G&T 1 Land east of Railway Cottages, Nantwich (Baddington Park) 159 site G&T 2 Land at Coppenhall Moss, Crewe 160 site G&T 3 New Start Park, Wettenhall Road, Nantwich 160 site G&T 4 Three Oakes site , Booth Lane, Middlewich 161 site G&T 5 Cledford Hall, Cledford Lane, Middlewich 162 site G&T 8 The Oakes, Mill Lane, Smallwood 163 site TS 1 Lorry park, off Mobberley Road, Knutsford 164 site TS 2 Land at Fir Farm, Brereton 165 site TS 3 Land at former brickworks, A50 Newcastle Road Cheshire EAST LOCAL PLAN Revised Publication Draft SADPD ('clean' version)

6 Iv Contents 1 Introduction 1 Cheshire EAST LOCAL PLAN Revised Publication Draft SADPD ('clean' version) Introduction 1 Introduction This document is the Revised Publication Draft of the site Allocations and Development Policies Document (SADPD) and is published to invite representations on its content. Once complete, the SADPD will form the second part of the council's local plan, providing further detailed planning policies and site Allocations to support the strategic policies and sites contained in the Local Plan Strategy (LPS), which was adopted in July 2017. This 'clean' version of the Revised Publication Draft SADPD shows the document text as updated. A 'tracked changes' version has also been published, showing the changes made to the initial Publication Draft , previously published for consultation in 2019. Cheshire East Local Plan The local plan sets planning policies and allocates sites for development. It is part of the statutory development plan, which is the basis for deciding planning applications.

7 The local plan in Cheshire East(1) will be made up of four key documents: 1. The LPS sets out the vision and overall planning strategy for the borough over the period to 2030. It includes strategic planning policies and allocates strategic sites for development. 2. The SADPD, which will set non- strategic and detailed planning policies to guide planning decisions and allocate additional sites for development, where necessary, to assist in meeting the overall development requirements set out in the LPS. It has been prepared to support the policies and proposals of the LPS by providing additional policy detail. 3. The Minerals and Waste Development Plan Document (MWDPD), which will set out planning policies for minerals and waste, including the identification of specific sites for these uses. The first Draft of the MWDPD is currently being prepared. 4. The Crewe Hub Area Action Plan will set out a planning framework to manage change and support investment and development of Crewe station and the surrounding area associated with the arrival of HS2 rail in Crewe.

8 This plan will look beyond the LPS and set out policies and proposals for the area immediately around a new HS2 hub station. It directly responds to the arrival of HS2 at Crewe and will introduce a planning framework that aims to promote and manage land use change and related infrastructure provision in that area. The adoption of the SADPD brings about the replacement of all of the saved policies from the Congleton Borough Local Plan First Review (adopted January 2005), the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan (adopted February 2005) and the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan (adopted January 2004). The policies in these legacy plans will therefore no longer be used when deciding planning applications. The remaining saved policies in the Cheshire Minerals Local Plan (adopted June 1999) and the Cheshire Waste Local Plan (adopted July 2007) will continue to be saved as set out in LPS Appendix B 'Saved policies' until replaced by policies in the MWDPD. Neighbourhood planning The Localism Act 2011 gives local communities the power to shape and influence local development through the preparation of neighbourhood plans for their areas.

9 The Act places a duty on the local authority to support this work. The council will continue to support town and parish councils to establish their own non- strategic , local planning policies, site Allocations and design codes that deliver sustainable development in their communities. These local policies must be in general conformity with the strategic policies of the local plan and should support the delivery of the council's strategic aims. The local focus of neighbourhood plans means they are well placed to respond to specific community needs and identify local development opportunities, sites and long term projects that will improve the lives of residents. 1 Excluding the part in the Peak District National Park where the park authority is responsible for planning matters. Cheshire EAST LOCAL PLAN Revised Publication Draft SADPD ('clean' version) 2 Introduction Where local communities seek to support the strategic approach of the local plan, detailed local policy frameworks can be established to refine what this strategy means in a particular community.

10 Neighbourhood plans may identify and promote the delivery of additional development that supports and enhances local services and infrastructure, contributing to a sustainable future for the borough. When preparing a neighbourhood plan, communities are encouraged to take a holistic approach to future development needs, consider both constraints and opportunities, and think for the long-term by providing the necessary flexibility that will successfully shape their communities in a planned way. This means the council will support neighbourhood plans to allocate land for specific uses over and above those Allocations already made in the local plan itself. Neighbourhood plans tested through independent examination and approved by the local community at a referendum are part of the statutory development plan and are used alongside the policies in the local plan to decide planning applications. National planning policy The policies and proposals in this Revised Publication Draft SADPD have been prepared with regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), supplemented by the Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) and other government policies and legislation.