Local Plan Issues and Options (Regulation 18)

Comment

Representation ID: 11615

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12113
We are taking at face value everything that is said about this area as we have no on-the-ground experience of it.

Comment

Representation ID: 11616

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12114
Yes

Comment

Representation ID: 11617

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12115
CPRE does not believe that a sustainable way forward is to plan for ever more and ever bigger logistics and warehousing centres. There are alternatives including smaller centres with appropriate sustainable localised deliveries. We therefore do not support the plans for Gadbrook Park which would draw even more polluting HGVs along the A556 and other corridors. Some of the existing Gadbrook area and the planned expansion of it should be reallocated for housing.

Comment

Representation ID: 11618

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12116
CPRE are in favour of urban regeneration. This should remain the key focus in order to take pressure off the Green Belt.

Comment

Representation ID: 11619

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12117
If part of the Gadbrook site and/or the south west extension to it were turned over to residential use, there would need to be appropriate educational and health support facilities and possibly also a local retail centre as well as leisure areas.

Comment

Representation ID: 11620

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12118
Yes.

Comment

Representation ID: 11621

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12119
It seems apposite.

Comment

Representation ID: 11622

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12120
No. As indicated in response to Q.NO 2 and Q.NO4, we do not believe that Northwich is a sustainable location for a sizeable logistics and warehouse distribution operation. In any event, we note that the existing Gadbrook site has many vacancies.

Comment

Representation ID: 11623

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12121
Yes. It would be more logical for an appropriate area of the existing site and part or all of the proposed extension to it to be re-dedicated to residential use to help accommodate the extra housing allocation that Cheshire West and Chester has found itself having to cope with as a result of imposed government targets.

Comment

Representation ID: 11624

Received: 28/08/2025

Respondent: CPRE Cheshire Branch

I&O_12122
We welcome the focus on regenerating the town centre, improved accessibility to the railway station and to The Flashes and the River Weaver. Potential proposals for other sites beyond the key allocations listed are subject to our comments about the overall Spatial Strategy and housing target.