Land East Of The Wilmslow-Handforth Bypass, Land East Of The A34 And South Of A555, Handforth Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/1572/DSC - Discharge of conditions

Admin / procedural

Council

Cheshire East 1.9/10

Date received

1 May 2026

Postcode

SK9 3GP

Type

Discharge of conditions

Description

Discharge of conditions 10 and 34 on approval relating to Phase 1a South only: Hybrid planning application proposing a new mixed-use settlement for the Garden Village at Handforth. It comprises two parts: (1) Outline planning application, including: demolition works (unspecified); around 1500 new homes (class C3); new employment uses (class B1 & B2); new mixed-use local (village) centre (classes A1-A5 inclusive, B1(a), C1, C2, C3, D1 & D2); new green infrastructure; and associated infrastructure. All detailed matters (appearance, means of access, landscaping, layout & scale) reserved for subsequent approval. (2) Full planning application for initial preparation and infrastructure works (IPIW), including: ground remediation, re-profiling and preparation works; highway works; drainage works; utilities works; replacement A34 bridge works: green infrastructure works; and other associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

Get alerts nearby Council site ↗

Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:57

Associated applications 7

Part of

Outline29 Sep 2023council archive

Conditions details submitted for 5, 6, 10, 34 · variation sought for 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 55, 56, 62, 65, 66, 68, 71
- ConditionsDischarge of conditions 10 and 34 relating to Phase 1a South only: Hybrid planning application…This application1 May 202626/1572/DSC
- Show 5 more · 5 pending
  - VariationVariation of conditions, Outline Conditions: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18…11 Jul 202626/2366/VOC
  - AmendmentNon-Material Amendment10 Jul 202626/2483/NMA
  - AmendmentEIA scoping opinion for ES Addendum relating to proposed amendments.17 Apr 202626/1346/EIA
  - Show 2 earlier · 2 pending
    ConditionsDischarge of Condition 6 - Hybrid planning application proposing a new mixed-use settlement…2 Feb 202626/0410/DSC
    ConditionsDischarge of condition 5.5 Jan 202625/4890/DSC

Site constraints 3

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Cheshire East - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Nearby new applications

26 Jun 2026Pending

LAND SOUTH OF Coppice Way, Handforth, Cheshire East

Non-material amendment to approval 22/2910M: Variation of condition 2 on existin...

26/2265/NMA

Cheshire East

Planning Authority Score

1.9/10

Poor

#274 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Cheshire East is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #268 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 65% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Cheshire East decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #168 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #170 of 296

39%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #268 of 296

65%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #279 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

358 decided (1-9 homes)

76%

Major dwellings approved

25 decided (10+ homes)

79%

Change of use approved

119 decided

2,513

Total decisions

321 refused in the year to March 2026