CPRE Cheshire response to Trafford Local Plan publication version Sep 26

We have responded to Trafford Council’s consultation of the publication version of their Local Plan. The publication version is the draft of the version a local authority plans to submit to the Planning Inspectorate for examination. In our comments we state that we do not believe the Plan to be sound/legally compliant in a number of ways. Points we highlight include:

• Proposals for development on peatland at Carrington Moss contravene local and national policies.
• The number of dwellings proposed would deliver over-supply when compared to the figures in the ‘Places for Everyone’ Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and would therefore take out more Green Belt and open space than essential.
• Economic policies in the Plan do not meet National Planning Policy Framework requirements for economic growth to be sustainable.
• The lack of detail about what highways developments are supported alongside the lack of evidence that proposals would be environmentally sustainable, not harmful to human health, and take into account the increase in home working.

The consultation is now closed.