Cheshire Independent Issue 219

MACCLESFIELD • TYTHERINGTON • BOLLINGTON ALDERLEY EDGE • PRESTBURY • WILMSLOW • HANDFORTH • POYNTON • BRAMHALL • DISLEY • ALSAGER • BIDDULPH • CONGLETON • SANDBACH ISSUE 219 FREE CHESHIRE FREE YOUR LOCAL GOOD NEWS-PAPER FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @CheshireIndy www.independentnewspapers.co.uk Looking for Flooring Inspiration? Let us help you find the perfect flooring for your home. With great advice, home styling, measure and planning service, plus quality fitting of top brands and designs, youwill be glad you did . Visit our showroom: Tuesday to Saturday or call 01260 224445 for a private appointment Thornycroft Farm, Pexhill Road, Siddington, Cheshire SK11 9JN ● Modern, Traditional & Luxury Carpets ● Natural Wood Flooring ● Laminate Flooring ● Stair Runners & Rods ● Luxury Vinyl Tiles ● Bespoke Rugs & Runners PROTESTORS have called for the ‘rebranded Adlington New Town’ to be scrapped. Cavendish Consulting, working on behalf of Belport, recently revealed plans for a development of up to 1,275 homes, referred to as ‘Adling- ton Park’. An consultation event was held at Adlington Hall, giv- ing the public a chance to find out more about the propos- als, which will occupy land north-west of Adlington and feature retail and community spaces, as well as a new pri- mary school. A protest took place out- side the event, with organiser Kasim Awan highlighting his concerns with the project. He said: “The Adlington Park proposal is presented as ‘URBAN SPRAWL’ SPARKS PROTESTS Maccles!eld MP Tim Roca is also against the proposals. (Image: Supplied) Call for ‘rebranded’ Adlington housing plans to be scrapped “This contrasts to the reality – housing densities of between 20 and 30 per hectare, that’s very cramped for the planned medium to large size housing. The Adlington Park master planners quoted the presence of ‘community-centres and hubs’, but when asked what these could consist of, the answer ranged from ‘perhaps a cafe’, to a ‘bus stop’. “The disconnect between the magnitude of delivery the language implies and the substance of said proposal was striking.” Macclesfield MP Tim Roca is also not convinced by the new plans, stating that he has ‘significant concerns’ about a development of this size. “I fought alongside the community against the pro- posed Adlington New Town for many reasons, including that the environmental dam- age could not be justified and the plans failed to address the significant investment needed in local roads, public services and wider infrastructure,” Mr Roca said. Protestors gather outside the Adlington Park consultation event. (Image: Supplied) a ‘fair compromise’ after the AdlingtonNewTown proposal. “In reality, 1,300 homes, over 170 acres, delivered over a two-year period is amonumen- tal project, that is highly com- parable to the approximately 3,000 houses that would have been delivered over five years from Adlington New Town. “As such, the New Town proposal has allowed said developer to rebrand a new project that would produce similar amounts of greenbelt damage in the camouflage of a compromise.” Kasim added: “There may also be complacency because the location of the develop- ment is in the North West of Adlington, a little further in distance to parts of Maccles- field and Prestbury. “The planned Adlington Park would place new urban sprawl much closer to these areas than currently exists, putting the greenbelt that buff- ers these areas next in line for urban sprawl. “The proposal poses as ‘locally led’, and environmen- tally friendly, with use of green / yellow colours onmaps to rep- resent where houses will go.