Local plan scoping consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 6181

Received: 01/09/2026

Respondent: Penelope Naden

I would like to raise my concerns about local plans being considered for several areas of land particularly along the north and south side of Holehole Lane, Adlington and the small field on Prestbury Lane.

The local community have already expressed their feelings in great numbers about how devastated they were at the thought of precious Green Belt being developed with the proposed Adlington housing development. The area has been reviewed and rejected in the Strategic Environmental Assessment. The land has been found to be strategically unsuitable on a number of grounds.
Regardless of this, these areas are becoming increasingly rare. The local community and visitors from further afield enjoy these green spaces which are essential to everyone’s mental health and a haven for wildlife and nature.
Building on Green Belt is a total contradiction of why this land was protected in the first place. I feel there are plenty of brown field sites that could be used or empty business premises which already have infrastructure.