Local plan scoping consultation

In England, the legally binding target for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) requires an annual mean concentration of 10 µg/m³ or lower to be met by 2040. This should be a mandatory measurement in Planning Conditions of any activity that involves potential air pollution (eg quarries) otherwise there is no way of telling if the legal limit is being exceeded.

I have a concern about how this evidence is being produced BEFORE the Scoping Consultation (and potentially before other consultations) has been completed. Otherwise there is pre-determination of outcomes - for example things like Housing Needs Assessment will need to be done by area, but as yet there are no published proposals on Key Service Centres. LSC's etc or other methods of dividing up the Borough. Shouldn't that be done first?

Goostrey – Wrong use of LSOAs.
The previous Local Plan wrongly defined Goostrey as the combination of two Lower Layer Super Output Areas (ONS Numbers E01018411 and E01018412) also called Cheshire East 022B and 022C respectively. But this area also includes the entire parishes of Cranage, Twemlow and Swettenham which have nothing at all to do with Goostrey. This wide area is not ‘Goostrey’ and anyway the definition is inconsistent with a number of other documents in the Local Plan as follows:
1. The ‘designated’ area for Goostrey Neighbourhood Plan (which is adopted by Cheshire East as part of the Local Plan) is simply ‘Goostrey Parish’. There is therefore a mismatch of all the data used in the Local Plan and SADPD for Goostrey (eg housing, population etc) with the Neighbourhood Plan. The reason given by CEC at the time of the preparation of the Local Plan was that the ONS data was only available down to LSOA level. This is not the case now as Goostrey Parish data is available from the 2021 ONS Census.
2. In the ‘Housing Completions and Supply Summary’ document, only housing completions in Goostrey village are counted. In this document Cranage, Twemlow and Swettenham are defined as “Other Settlements and Rural Areas” ie not part of Goostrey.
3. Document ED06 states that Cranage “currently remains part of the Holmes Chapel settlement boundary”. Surely Cranage cannot be part of “Goostrey” and part of “Other Settlements and Rural Areas” and part of “Holmes Chapel”?
The problem could be solved in the new Local Plan by defining Goostrey as “Goostrey Parish” and using the ONS data for the Parish and not the ONS data for the LSOA’s. Goostrey has no connections with Cranage, Twemlow or Swettenham which are all distinct and separate Civil Parishes and all geographically separate settlements.
The incorrect use of LSOA’s may be why Goostrey was wrongly designated as an LSC since the housing and population figures were wrongly calculated and Cranage, Twemlow and Swettenham are more likely to use the greater facilities in Holmes Chapel LSC.
The current Local Plan muddled situation is illustrated below: