PLANS for more than 600 homes, orchard and sports pitches as part of a wider housing development in Ellesmere Port have been given the green light.
Cheshire West and Chester’s planning committee backed a reserved matters application on Tuesday (June 4) by Redrow for 627 properties on land off Ledsham Road in Little Sutton.
The properties form the latest phases of the wider Ledsham Garden Village site, which has already received outline permission for up to 2,000 homes.
The latest phases are on predominantly arable fields and the properties range in size from one to five-bed homes including bungalows, with 25 per cent of the total new housing stock being made available through affordability schemes as per government requirements.
In addition to the properties themselves, the latest proposals include sports pitches, allotments, orchard and other recreational open space.
Speaking at the meeting, Jack Bennion from Redrow Homes said the project would see fewer homes constructed compared to initial plans. He added that they would have air source heat pumps and would no longer require gas, which he said would help reduce carbon and energy use.
He added: “The scheme has sought to address the comments made during consultation connected to active travel, sporting immunity, and biodiversity.
“The application has endeavoured to retain much of the landscape assets present.”
The proposals had been called in to the committee by ward councillor Peter Wheeler, citing concerns over traffic problems, the size of the development and its effect on the surrounding area, along with potential issues with traffic and noise during construction.
He told the meeting: “Ledsham Road is a key one and it’s an emergency at the minute. What you’ve got at one point is one of the lanes narrows down to about three foot, we’ve had a lot of near misses.”
Officers said consultations had taken place with Active Travel England, a statutory consultee, which had raised no objections to the scheme.
The committee voted to approve.
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