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Local plan scoping consultation
Identifying and assessing sites
Representation ID: 2041
Received: 19/08/2026
Respondent: Mr Jeremy Williams
Ashley has no services or buses and a station with one train an hour, making it impossible to call Ashley “well connected”. Every road into the village is narrow, so any large-scale development would create serious congestion and safety problems. The 291 hectare site is highly productive BMV Grade 2 and Subgrade 3a land. This development conflicts with national policy protecting top-tier agricultural soils. If brought forward, this site would, in effect, cause Bowdon, Hale and Hale Barns to merge, thereby ending its much-valued Green Belt function. This site is completely unsuitable for development and should be removed from consideration.
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Local plan scoping consultation
Identifying and assessing sites
Representation ID: 3019
Received: 28/08/2026
Respondent: Mr Jeremy Williams
The letter from Turley, dated 31 March 2026, on behalf of Tatton Estate to the Strategic Planning Team, is highly misleading. Ashley is claimed to be exceptionally well-placed as a location for future strategic growth. Turley claim that:
• The Village already benefits from a train station on the Mid-Cheshire Line, and therefore has excellent public transport connectivity to centres of employment, education and key facilities.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is clear that Ashley does not, and, even with considerable wishful thinking, is unlikely to have, excellent public transport connectivity to centres of employment, education and key facilities.
