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WRITTEN STATEMENT |
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The Alterations to the Borough Local Plan were
adopted on 8th January 2004 and with the adopted Local Plan (29
December 1997) now form the Borough Local Plan to the year 2011 |
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Together with the Cheshire Replacement Structure
Plan the Borough Local Plan comprises the Development Plan for the
Borough of Macclesfield, excluding that part of the Borough which
lies in the Peak National Park |
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| Policies which have not been Saved or which have been replaced are shown with strike through text. These policies no longer form part of the development plan for Macclesfield and, where possible, annotations have been removed from the on-line Proposals Map. |
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Introduction |
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Aims and
Strategy of the Local Plan |
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Environment |
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Green Belt
and Countryside |
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Recreation
and Tourism |
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Housing
and Community Uses |
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Employment |
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Transport |
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Shopping |
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Macclesfield
Town Centre |
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Wilmslow
Town Centre |
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Handforth
District Centre |
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Alderley
Edge Village Centre |
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Knutsford
Town Centre |
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Poynton
District Centre |
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Implementation |
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Development
Control |
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Appendices |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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| LIST OF TABLES |
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Table 1 |
Sites Allocated for Additional
Recreation Facilities |
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Table 2 |
Summary of the Overall Housing
Land Allocations |
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Table 3 |
Small Housing Sites |
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Table 4 |
Space, Lighting and Privacy |
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| LIST OF APPENDICES |
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Appendix 1 |
Historic Landscapes, Parklands
and Gardens |
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Appendix 2 |
Sites of Special Scientific
Interest and Sites of Biological Importance |
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Appendix 3 |
Existing Conservation Areas |
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Appendix 4 |
Parish Listings and Buildings
of Special Architectural or Historic Interest |
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Appendix 5 |
Archaeology – Scheduled
Ancient Monuments and Sites of County Importance |
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Appendix 6 |
Existing Open Spaces |
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Appendix 7 |
Housing Commitments |
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Appendix 8 |
Employment Land Supply |
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Appendix 9 |
Car Parks |
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Appendix 10 |
Car Parking Standards |
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Appendix 11 |
List of Locally Important
Buildings |
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| MAPS |
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Map 1 |
The Borough of Macclesfield |
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Map 2 |
The Borough of Macclesfield
in its regional setting |
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Map 3 |
Proposed development area
– South Macclesfield |
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Map 4 |
Areas of Special County
Value |
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Map 5 |
Macclesfield Forest |
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Map 6 |
Broad Extent of Macclesfield’s
Green Belt |
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Map 7 |
Jodrell Bank Safeguarding
Zone |
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Map 8 |
Major Recreational Routes |
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Map 9 |
Anglesey Drive, Poynton |
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Map 10 |
Proposed Road Improvements |
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Map 11 |
Manchester Airport Public
Safety Zone |
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Map 12 |
“The Yards” area,
Knutsford |
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| LIST OF POLICIES |
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| CHAPTER 3: ENVIRONMENT |
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| Natural Environment |
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NE1 |
Areas of Special County Value |
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NE2 |
Protection of Local Landscapes |
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NE3 |
Landscape Conservation |
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NE4 |
Restoration of Landscapes |
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NE5 |
Conservation of Parkland Landscapes |
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NE6 |
Parkland Landscapes on Golf
Courses |
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NE7 |
Woodland Management |
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NE8 |
Promotion and restoration of
Woodland |
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NE9 |
Protection of River Corridors |
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NE10 |
Conservation of River Bollin |
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NE11 |
Nature Conservation |
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NE12 |
SSSI’s, SBI’s and
Nature Reserves |
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NE13 |
Sites of Biological Importance |
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NE14 |
Nature Conservation Sites |
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NE15 |
Habitat Enhancement |
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NE16 |
Nature Conservation Priority
Areas |
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NE17 |
Nature Conservation in Major
Developments |
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NE18 |
Accessibility to Nature Conservation |
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| Built Environment |
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BE1 |
Design Guidance |
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BE2 |
Preservation of Historic Fabric |
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BE3 |
Conservation Areas |
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BE4 |
Design Criteria in Conservation
Areas |
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BE5 |
Environmental Improvements |
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BE6 |
Macclesfield Canal Conservation
Area |
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BE7 |
High Street Conservation Area
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BE8 |
Christ Church Conservation
Area |
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BE9 |
Barracks Square Conservation
Area |
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BE10 |
Bollington and Kerridge Conservation
Area |
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BE11 |
Prestbury Conservation Area |
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BE12 |
The Edge Conservation Area |
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BE13 |
Legh Road Conservation Area |
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BE14 |
Disley Village Conservation
Area |
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BE15 |
Listed Building |
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BE16 |
Setting of Listed Buildings |
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BE17 |
Preservation of Listed Buildings |
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BE18 |
Design Criteria for Listed
Buildings |
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BE19 |
Changes of Use of Listed Buildings |
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BE20 |
Locally Important Buildings |
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BE21 |
Sites of Archaeological Importance |
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BE22 |
Scheduled Monuments |
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BE23 |
Development affecting Archaeological
Sites |
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BE24 |
Development of Sites of Archaeological
Importance |
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CHAPTER 4: GREEN BELT AND
COUNTRYSIDE
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GC1 |
Green Belt – New Buildings |
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GC2 |
Green Belt – Other Operations
and Changes of Use |
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GC3 |
Visual Amenities of Green
Belt |
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GC4 |
Major Developed Sites in
the Green Belt |
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GC5 |
Countryside beyond the Green
Belt |
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GC6 |
Outside the Green Belt, Areas
of Special County Value and Jodrell Bank Zone |
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GC7 |
Safeguarded Land |
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GC8 |
Reuse of Rural Buildings
– Employment and Tourism |
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GC9 |
Reuse of Rural Buildings
– Residential |
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GC10 |
Extensions to Residential
Institutions |
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GC11 |
Replacement Dwellings |
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GC12 |
Alterations and Extensions
to Houses |
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GC13 |
Agricultural Land |
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GC14 |
Jodrell Bank |
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CHAPTER 5: RECREATION AND
TOURISM
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| Recreation |
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RT1 |
Protection of Open Spaces |
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RT2 |
Incidental Open Spaces |
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RT3 |
Redundant Educational Establishments |
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RT4 |
Dual Use of School Fields |
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RT5 |
Open Space Standards |
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RT6 |
Recreational/Open Space Provision
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RT7 |
Cycleways, Bridleways and
Footpaths |
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RT8 |
Access to Countryside |
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RT9 |
Restoration of Danes Moss
Tip |
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RT10 |
Canals and Water Recreation |
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RT11 |
Canal Mooring Basins |
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RT12 |
Promotion of Indoor Recreation
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RT13 |
Promotion of Tourism |
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RT14 |
Visitor Accommodation |
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RT15 |
Hotel Development |
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RT16 |
Caravan and Camping Sites |
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RT17 |
Reuse of Rural Buildings |
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RT18 |
Golf Courses |
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RT19 |
Dairy House Lane Recreational
Allocation |
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| CHAPTER 6: HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
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Housing
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H1 |
Phasing Policy |
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H2 |
Environmental Quality in Housing
Developments |
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H3 |
Making the Best Use of Land |
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H4 |
Housing Sites in Urban Areas |
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H5 |
Windfall Housing Sites |
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H6 |
Town Centre Housing |
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H7 |
Renewal of Planning Permission |
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H8 |
Provision of Affordable Housing
in Urban Areas |
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H9 |
Occupation of Affordable Housing |
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H10 |
Affordable Housing in Villages |
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H11 |
Existing Housing Stock |
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H12 |
Low Density Housing Areas |
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H13 |
Protecting Residential Areas |
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Community Uses
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C1 |
East Tytherington Allocation
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C2 |
Macclesfield District General
Hospital |
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C3 |
Primary Health Care Centre |
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CHAPTER 7: EMPLOYMENT
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E1 |
Retention of Employment Land
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E2 |
Retail Development on Employment
Land |
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E3 |
B1 (Business) Uses |
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E4 |
General Industrial Development |
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E5 |
Special Industries |
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E6 |
Lyme Green Business Park |
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E7 |
Hurdsfield Road |
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E8 |
Parkgate Industrial Estate |
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E9 |
Adlington Industrial Estate |
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E10 |
Employment and Mixed Use
Areas |
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E11 |
Mixed Use Areas |
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E12 |
Redundant Mills |
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E13 |
Employment in Housing |
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E14 |
Relocation of Businesses |
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E15 |
Hazardous Substances |
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E16 |
Hazardous Installations |
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E17 |
Chelford Market |
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CHAPTER 8: TRANSPORT
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T1 |
General Transportation Policy |
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T2 |
Public Transport |
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T3 |
Pedestrians |
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T4 |
Access for People with Restricted
Mobility |
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T5 |
Provision for Cyclists |
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T6 |
Highway Improvement Schemes |
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T7 |
Safeguarded Routes |
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T8 |
Traffic Management and Environmental
Improvements |
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T9 |
Traffic Management and Traffic
Calming |
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T10 |
South Macclesfield Distributor
Road |
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T11 |
Improvements to Strategic
Highway Network |
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T12 |
Local Transport Schemes |
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T13 |
Public Car Parks |
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T14 |
Lorry Park Proposal |
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T15 |
Lorry Parking |
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T16 |
Motorway Service Areas |
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T17 |
Roadside Facilities |
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T18 |
Restriction on Development
within NNI Zones |
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T19 |
Public Safety Zone |
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T20 |
Control of Airport Infrastructure |
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T21 |
Airport Related Development |
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T22 |
Restoration of Land to the
East of the Satellite Fire Station |
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T23 |
Airport Operational Area |
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CHAPTER 9: SHOPPING
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S1 |
Town Centre Shopping Development |
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S2 |
New Shopping, Leisure and Entertainment
Developments |
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S3 |
Congleton Road Development
Site |
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S4 |
Local Shopping Centres |
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S5 |
Class A1 Shops |
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S6 |
Chapel Lane Local Shopping
Area |
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S7 |
New Local Shops |
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CHAPTER 10: MACCLESFIELD
TOWN CENTRE
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MTC1 |
Prime Shopping Area |
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MTC2 |
Exchange Street Redevelopment |
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MTC3 |
Development in Prime Shopping
Areas |
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MTC4 |
Secondary Shopping Areas |
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MTC5 |
Waters Green Area |
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MTC6 |
Improvement of Sunderland
Street |
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MTC7 |
Redevelopment Area - West
of Churchill Way |
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MTC8 |
Redevelopment Area - Samuel
Street/Park Lane |
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MTC9 |
Redevelopment Area - Duke
Street |
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MTC10 |
Redevelopment Area - Bus
Station |
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MTC11 |
Redevelopment Area - Macclesfield
Rail Station |
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MTC12 |
Mixed Use Areas |
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MTC13 |
Park Green Regeneration
Area |
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MTC14 |
Conservation of Park Green |
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MTC15 |
King Edward Street Regeneration
Area |
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MTC16 |
Pedestrian Routes/Link |
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MTC17 |
Jordangate and Market
Place |
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MTC18 |
George Street Mill Regeneration
Area |
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MTC19 |
Housing |
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MTC20 |
Christ Church Housing
Area |
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MTC21 |
Reuse of Christ Church |
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MTC22 |
Office Development |
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MTC23 |
Pedestrianisation |
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MTC24 |
Car Parks |
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MTC25 |
Car Parking Provision |
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MTC26 |
Car Parking Provision |
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MTC27 |
River Bollin Recreation
Route |
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CHAPTER 11: WILMSLOW TOWN
CENTRE
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WTC1 |
Design Guidance
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WTC2 |
Shopping Area
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WTC3 |
Kings Close Shopping Proposal
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WTC4 |
Development in the Shopping
Area
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WTC5 |
Upper Floor Development
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WTC6 |
Green Lane/Alderley Road
Redevelopment Area
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WTC7 |
Mixed Use Areas
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WTC8 |
Housing and Community Uses
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WTC9 |
Offices
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WTC10 |
Environmental Improvement
of Bank Square Area |
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WTC11 |
Pedestrian Priority Measures |
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WTC12 |
Car Parks |
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WTC13 |
Car Park Proposal - Spring
Street |
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CHAPTER 12: HANDFORTH DISTRICT
CENTRE
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HDC1 |
Shopping Area |
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HDC2 |
Upper Floor Development |
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HDC3 |
Mixed Use Area |
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HDC4 |
Housing and Community Uses |
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HDC5 |
Office Development |
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HDC6 |
Car Parking |
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HDC7 |
Redevelopment of the Paddock |
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CHAPTER 13: ALDERLEY EDGE
VILLAGE CENTRE
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AEC1 |
Shopping Area |
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AEC2 |
London Road Redevelopment
Area (East) |
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AEC3 |
Upper Floor Development |
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AEC4 |
Mixed Use Areas |
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AEC5 |
Office Development |
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AEC6 |
Housing Development |
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AEC7 |
Car Parking |
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CHAPTER 14: KNUTSFORD TOWN
CENTRE
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KTC1 |
Conservation of Historic
Character
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KTC2 |
Design Guidance
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KTC3 |
Design Guidance
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KTC4 |
Design Guidance
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KTC5 |
Redevelopment Criteria
for “The Yards”
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KTC6 |
Red Cow Yard
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KTC7 |
Royal George Hotel Area
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KTC8 |
Silk Mill Street
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KTC9 |
Shopping Areas
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KTC10 |
Shopping Area Development
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KTC11 |
Upper Floor Development
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KTC12 |
Housing and Community
Uses
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KTC13 |
Housing Development
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KTC14 |
Mixed Use Areas
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KTC15 |
Environmental Enhancement
of the Sessions House |
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KTC16 |
Office Development |
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KTC17 |
King Street Link Road |
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KTC18 |
Pedestrian Priority Measures |
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KTC19 |
Car Parks |
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KTC20 |
Additional Car Parking |
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KTC21 |
Car Parking Provision |
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CHAPTER 15: POYNTON DISTRICT
CENTRE
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PDC1 |
Prime Shopping Area
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PDC2 |
Development in the Prime
Shopping Area
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PDC3 |
Secondary Shopping Area
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PDC4 |
Upper Floor Development
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PDC5 |
Housing and Community Uses
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PDC6 |
Office Development
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PDC7 |
Car Parking
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PDC8 |
Car Parking at Park Lane
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CHAPTER 16: IMPLEMENTATION
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IMP1 |
Development Sites
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IMP2 |
Transport Measures |
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IMP3 |
Land Ownership |
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IMP4 |
Environmental Improvements
in Town Centres |
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CHAPTER 17: DEVELOPMENT
CONTROL
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DC1-DC14 |
Design and Amenity |
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DC15-DC16 |
Provision of Facilities |
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DC17-DC20 |
Water Resources |
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DC21-DC22 |
Temporary Buildings and Uses |
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DC23-DC33 |
Green Belt and Countryside |
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DC34-DC47 |
Residential Development |
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DC48-DC55 |
Retail Development |
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DC56-DC64 |
Community Uses |
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INDEX OF POLICIES BY AREA
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| This Index lists those policies in which the parish
is specifically mentioned. Certain policies, for example those relating
to the Macclesfield Canal Conservation Area, are relevant to a large
number of Parishes. These are not listed under the relevant Parish
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| MACCLESFIELD |
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Macclesfield |
NE16, BE6, BE7, BE8, BE9, RT6, RT7, RT9, RT15, H4,
C1, C2, C3, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E11, T7, T10, T11, T12, T14, S1, S3,
S4, Chapter 10
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Bollington |
NE16, BE10, RT6, H4, E3, E4, E11, S4
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Prestbury |
BE11, H12, S4 |
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Gawsworth |
RT9, RT15, E6, T10, S3 |
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Henbury |
RT6, T12 |
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Sutton |
GC4, RT15, E3, E4, E5, E6, T10, S3 |
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Knutsford |
NE16, BE13, BE22, GC4, RT6, H4, H12, E3, E4, E8, T12,
S1, S4, Chapter 14 |
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Mobberley |
RT6, E4, S4, T19, T23 |
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High Legh |
T2 |
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Mere |
T7 |
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Tabley Superior |
T7 |
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Tabley Inferior |
T7 |
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Bexton |
T2 |
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Plumley |
T7 |
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Millington |
T7 |
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Rostherne |
T7 |
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Peover Superior |
GC4 |
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Toft |
T7 |
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| POYNTON |
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Poynton |
NE16, RT6, H12, T7, S1, S4, Chapter 15 |
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Disley |
NE16, BE14, E4, S4 |
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Adlington |
NE16, RT16, E3, E4, E5, E9 |
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| WILMSLOW |
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Wilmslow |
NE16, GC4, GC7, H4, H12, E3, E4, S1, S4, S6, T19, T22,
T23, Chapter 11 |
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Handforth |
NE16, RT6, RT19, GC7, E3, E4, T7, S1, S4, Chapter 12 |
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Alderley Edge |
BE12, RT6, H12, T7, S1, S4, Chapter 13 |
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Nether Alderley |
GC4, T7, T12 |
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Chelford |
E4, E17 |
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Chorley |
T7 |
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