A PLAN to build luxury homes at Culcheth, thrown out by borough planning chiefs last year has now received the green light
The scheme on the Trucks-2-Go site in Warrington Road at Mee Brow now involves 15 houses – one less than the previous one.
It was recommended for approval by planning officers when it went before members of the borough council’s development management committee.
The committee originally refused consent for the development because of concerns about traffic and parking.
Part of the site is undeveloped and in the Green Belt, but this be retained as an amenity area. A public footpath will have to be diverted.
Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council did not formally objected to the scheme but expressed concern about traffic and parking and questioned whether a development of four and five-bedroomed houses was appropriate for the village.
They pointed out that traffic is extremely heavy on Warrington Road.
But planning officers said the proposals were appropriate in a Green Belt area. The developer had agreed to pay £320,812 towards the cost of affordable housing elsewhere and also £48,513 towards education enhancements at Culcheth High School.
