Local plan scoping consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 3638

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Mrs Catherine Wrathall

I strongly object to the proposed 291-hectare development across 12 contiguous parcels at Ashley. This is high-performing Green Belt, not Grey Belt: it prevents urban sprawl, maintains the vital countryside gap between Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and safeguards productive farmland. Ashley is a small rural settlement with limited services, no bus network and only limited rail; every approach crosses narrow, constrained bridges. A development of this scale is fundamentally unsustainable and would cause severe traffic, infrastructure and drainage pressures, while damaging protected landscapes and wildlife habitats. The Council should also not build on productive farmland in Mobberley and Knutsford.