Decision details

The Willaston Neighbourhood Development Plan was submitted to the Council in June 2017 and, following a statutory publicity period, proceeded to Independent Examination.  The Examiner’s report has now been received and recommends that, subject to some modifications, the Plan should now proceed to referendum.

The Council must now consider the recommendations of the Examiner and decide how to proceed.

The Council is committed to supporting neighbourhood planning in Cheshire East.  It has a legal duty to provide advice and assistance on neighbourhood plans, to hold an independent examination on neighbourhood plans submitted to the Council and make arrangements for a referendum following a favourable Examiner’s Report.

Subject to the modifications set out in the Examiner’s Report, the Willaston Neighbourhood Development Plan is considered to meet the statutory basic conditions and procedural requirements set out in Schedule 10, paragraph 8, of the Localism Act and as such it could now proceed to referendum.

That:

1        approval be given to the Examiner’s recommendations to make modifications to the Willaston Neighbourhood Plan, as set out in the Examiner’s Report, and it be confirmed that it will now proceed to referendum in the Willaston Neighbourhood Plan area; and

2        the housing supply figures in the neighbourhood plan be updated to reflect the most up to date position.