Local plan scoping consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 5095

Received: 27/08/2026

Respondent: Cheshire wildlife trust

Local plan evidence base
CEC should contact Cheshire Wildlife Trust to obtain Local Wildlife Site Data to ensure the
most up to date data is used to determine the outcomes of the call for sites analysis.

Comment

Representation ID: 5096

Received: 27/08/2026

Respondent: Cheshire wildlife trust

New evidence – paragraph 5.145
Within the viability assessment, BNG must be accounted for. We strongly recommend BNG
best practice principles (Biodiversity Net Gain: Good Practice Principles for Development, A
Practical Guide. | CIEEM), are followed for this assessment. This assessment should
ensure accounting for proportional and good quality mitigation and compensation through
BNG in relation to any potential sites put forward.

Comment

Representation ID: 5097

Received: 27/08/2026

Respondent: Cheshire wildlife trust

Proposed local plan engagement strategy
Further consultations should not solely happen in the school holidays. This limits people’s
ability to respond and puts pressure on organisations to work around holidays. As you have
said, you are committed ‘to help ensure that engagement is accessible to a wide range of
people’. It would seem appropriate to ensure those that take leave in summer for childcare
reasons are not excluded from participating in the consultation.

Comment

Representation ID: 7122

Received: 27/08/2026

Respondent: Cheshire wildlife trust

Cheshire Wildlife Trust raises concerns that numerous proposed Call for Sites locations could affect Local Wildlife Sites, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and areas identified within the Cheshire and Warrington Local Nature Recovery Strategy. The respondent argues that biodiversity, habitat connectivity, ecosystem services and environmental recovery should be central to site assessment and spatial planning. They request that the Council uses up-to-date ecological evidence, avoids development affecting important wildlife sites and fully reflects national planning policy requirements for nature recovery. The Trust also objects to the inclusion of the Adlington area for large-scale development, supports additional public consultation on Call for Sites proposals and encourages a climate-resilient, nature-positive approach to the Local Plan.