A MAJOR housebuilder is consulting villagers about proposals for new homes in the Alice in Wonderland village of Daresbury.
Redrow Homes is hosting a “view and comment” session at the Lewis Carroll Centre on Tuesday, November 20.
Residents will have a chance to submit their ideas regarding the proposed new development off the A56 Chester Road.
Redrow say Halton Borough Council’s local development framework, which will guide development over the next 20 years, shows there is a growing need for housing in Daresbury – particularly affordable homes for local people.
The council’s emerging Core Strategy allocates a site, bordered Chester Road, Daresbury Park, the Bridgewater Canal and Delph Lane, for this purpose.
Victoria Murray, head of land and planning for Redrow Homes (NW), said: “We believe that this location has great potential for a new neighbourhood, which would make a considerable contribution to meeting local housing needs and have a strong emphasis on quality family homes.
“We have been working on the technical issues involved in planning a new development and have developed initial ideas. Before we progress our proposals we would value the input of the local community to contribute their views on the type of place the new development should be.
“In addition, we believe our proposed development would boost the local economy with the injection of money and jobs during construction and bring wider benefits to existing shops and facilities.”
The view and comment session takes place at the Lewis Carroll Centre, All Saints Church, Daresbury Lane on Tuesday, November 20 from 1pm to 7pm.
A MAJOR housebuilder is consulting villagers about proposals for new homes in the Alice in Wonderland village of Daresbury.
Villagers consulted over homes plan
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I saw the plans for proposed housing on all those fields around Keckwick quite a few years ago I hoped it would never happen.
What a Shame….I spent a great deal of my childhood fishing in the canal around Keckwick, scrumping the pick your own strawberry s and generally having a ball in the open countryside….
I used to think My Great uncle was mad when he said he could remember when all this(Murdishaw, windmill hill, palacefields, and brookvale) was fields, and he used to play in them, Now I’ll be saying the same…..
incidently I do love the affordable housing line that gets wheeled out to try and Sway opinion …Does anyone believe this anymore…..? There is one house for sale on Delph lane currently priced at around six hundred thousand pounds…There is not a chance they’ll build some nice cheap housing in that kind of existing stock…!!!