Local Transport Plan

Your Transport – Your Voice - consultation closed

A consultation ran on our new draft Local Transport Plan (LTP) from Monday 13 October and closed on Sunday 7 December 2025.

We appreciate your input and are now analysing responses. In due course, a report will be published on the consultation results webpage summarising the feedback that we received.

The final LTP documents will be updated, and these are expected to be available in Spring 2026.

Why we need a new plan

Transport and travel play a crucial role in our everyday lives. To ensure our continued success and prosperity, we need to plan a transport network that is fit for the future - one that connects people to jobs, education, healthcare, and leisure facilities, while supporting a healthier and more sustainable environment.

Since our last Local Transport Plan (LTP) was adopted in 2019, the way people move around has changed significantly. New challenges have emerged but so have new opportunities. That’s why we’ve developed a new LTP Strategy and Investment Framework, to ensure our transport policies remain robust, relevant, and responsive to the needs of our residents.

The new Strategy and Investment Framework will guide how we plan, prioritise, and deliver transport improvements across Cheshire East. Together, they set out our way forward for a network that works for everyone: supporting growth, improving wellbeing, reducing environmental impacts and enhancing connections.

Following the decision to establish a combined authority across Cheshire and Warrington (devolution), strategic transport will be considered sub-regionally in the future. This LTP puts us on the front foot to feed in our strategic transport priorities for Cheshire East.

What's happened so far

In January 2025, the Cheshire East Highways and Transport Committee discussed the proposals and gave approval to launch a consultation on the draft vision for transport. To view an outline of work discussed, including the vision and objectives summary, detailed evidence base report and an Equality Impact Assessment, see minutes of the January committee meeting.

Our Vision for Transport consultation took place between 24 February and 21 April 2025. This gave the opportunity for people to feedback on our draft vision, aims and priorities, and the key transport challenges and opportunities identified.

Thank you to everyone that responded - your consultation feedback has been important to help us refine our vision and create a transport strategy that truly reflects the needs and aspirations you want from Cheshire East. A report has been published on the consultation results webpage summarising the feedback that we received.

In September 2025, the Cheshire East Highways and Transport Committee discussed LTP progress and gave approval to launch a consultation on the LTP Strategy and Investment Framework. See the agenda and minutes of the committee meeting for further details. The Your Transport – Your Voice consultation took place between 13 October and 7 December 2025.

Local Transport Plan 2019-2024

Cheshire East Council’s Local Transport Plan 2019 - 2024 (LTP) was adopted in October 2019. The strategy considered all forms of transport over the 5-year period of 2019-2024.

As part of the LTP , the council developed Local Transport Development Plans for our 2 principal towns (Crewe and Macclesfield) and 9 key service centres (Alsager, Congleton, Handforth, Middlewich, Nantwich Knutsford, Poynton, Sandbach, Wilmslow). They also include surrounding areas to ensure all parts of the borough are included in at least one plan.

The plans identify how a coordinated and integrated transport network can be delivered, covering all forms of transport including walking, cycling, buses, rail, and road traffic. Improvements included in the plans are complementary to regeneration plans across the borough.

At this stage the majority of potential schemes are at the concept stage and unfunded. The plans will guide future investment in the transport network at a local level.

Local Transport Development Plans

Further information

If you have any further questions about the LTP Strategy, email our team at ltp@cheshireeast.gov.uk.

Disclaimer

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Page last reviewed: 27 October 2025