Policy PG 11: Green Belt and safeguarded land boundaries

  1. Green Belt and safeguarded land boundaries are shown on the adopted policies map.
  2. In addition to the land detailed in LPS Policy PG 4 'Safeguarded land', the following sites are designated as safeguarded land:
    1. ALD 1 'Land at Ryleys Farm, west of Sutton Road', Alderley Edge (2.32 ha);
    2. BOL 1 'Land at Henshall Road', Bollington (1.48 ha);
    3. BOL 2 'Land at Greenfield Road', Bollington (0.26 ha);
    4. CFD 1 'Land off Knutsford Road', Chelford (0.58 ha);
    5. CFD 2 'Land east of Chelford Railway Station', Chelford (4.63 ha);
    6. DIS 1 'Land off Jacksons Edge Road', Disley (2.43 ha);
    7. PRE 1 'Land south of Prestbury Lane', Prestbury (1.84 ha); and
    8. PRE 2 'Land off Heybridge Lane', Prestbury (0.94 ha).
  3. LPS Policy PG 4 'Safeguarded land' will be applied to all areas of safeguarded land.
  4. If allocated for development in the future, proposals for these sites should include compensatory improvements to the environmental quality and accessibility of remaining Green Belt land to offset the impact of their removal from the Green Belt.

Supporting information

2.15  LPS Policy PG 4 'Safeguarded land' sets the policy related to land between the urban area and the inner boundary of the Green Belt that may be required to meet longer-term development needs. It also lists the areas of safeguarded land identified in the LPS and confirms that it may also be necessary to identify additional non-strategic areas of safeguarded land in the SADPD.

2.16  Safeguarded land remains in the open countryside and is not allocated for development at the present time.

2.17  If allocated for development in the future, proposals for these sites will be required to provide compensatory improvements to the environmental quality and accessibility of remaining Green Belt land to offset the impact of their removal from the Green Belt. The degree of impact caused by their removal from the Green Belt will depend on the form of any development proposed in the future and should be assessed at that time. The compensatory improvements should be devised in consultation with local communities and may support proposals or schemes set out in local strategies including neighbourhood plans, the Cheshire East Rights of Way Improvement Strategy and Implementation Plans; the Green Infrastructure Plan or their relevant equivalents.

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Policy information

 

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