Local plan scoping consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 3548

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

5.49: Brownfield sites should be prioritised for the delivery of small and medium sized sites. Use of Green Belt land to meet these arbitrary targets cannot be supported.

Comment

Representation ID: 3549

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

5.91: Sustainability must be tested in the real world. A site is not necessarily sustainable because a station, shop or service looks nearby on a map. The assessment should consider actual walking routes, road safety, pavements, crossings, lighting, bus frequency and how dependent residents would still be on cars.

Comment

Representation ID: 3550

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

5.92: Infrastructure needs to come before growth. Before sites are allocated, Cheshire East should understand the real capacity of local roads, junctions, schools, healthcare, foul and surface-water drainage, utilities, public transport and community facilities.

Comment

Representation ID: 3551

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

5.99: Rural character is more than a planning label. Site assessments should properly recognise agricultural land, field patterns, hedgerows, mature trees, ponds, open views, dark skies, tranquillity, wildlife, listed buildings and the gradual urbanising effect of several separate developments.

Comment

Representation ID: 3552

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

5.114 Drainage needs special attention. Local assessment should include ditches, field drainage, ordinary watercourses, groundwater and waterlogging - not just Environment Agency flood zones. It should also look at the combined run-off from several developments in the same catchment.

Comment

Representation ID: 3553

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

6.33 The Parish Council should remain involved throughout. We should ask for direct notification and parish-level discussions before Cheshire East proposes changes to settlement status, settlement boundaries, Green Belt parcels or site allocations.

Comment

Representation ID: 3554

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

We support Cheshire East preparing an up-to-date Local Plan and understand that the borough needs to plan positively for homes, jobs and infrastructure. However, the rural settlements of Ollerton and Marthall must be assessed on their own merits and must not be treated as an extension of Chelford. The made Neighbourhood Plan should be used as the starting point, with early Parish Council involvement where any new evidence, boundary, site or policy could affect it. Any future growth must be based on realistic accessibility, infrastructure and drainage evidence, alongside proper protection of landscape, agricultural land, settlement identity and rural character.

Comment

Representation ID: 3555

Received: 31/08/2026

Respondent: Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council

5.23: Careful consideration must be given to the specific details of transport links when determining development locations. Public transport links in Ollerton and Marthall are limited in frequency and direction, therefore, generalisations relating to presence of bus stops give rise to misleading information and inappropriate development. The presence of a railway station in Chelford does not mean that land in Marthall or Ollerton should be considered suitable for development, as this fails to recognise the actual settlement pattern and local identity of the rural parish of Ollerton with Marthall.