FAQs

We welcome your feedback on the emerging proposals. You can submit your comments using our online feedback form here.

Alternatively, you can contact the project team by email at [email protected] or by phone on 07345 733 394.

All feedback received during the consultation period will be carefully reviewed and considered as the proposals are developed further.

The project team has engaged with the council’s planning and highways teams, as well as other departments including ecology, arboriculture and education.

During our first consultation in June 2026, feedback focused on traffic and highway safety, ecology and protecting local wildlife, trust in the delivery of community facilities, and housing affordability. This feedback has directly shaped the emerging proposals – see our Your Feedback page for full details.

During our first consultation in June 2026, local people told us about traffic and highway safety, protecting local wildlife, and the need for genuine long-term investment in the area.

This feedback has directly shaped the emerging proposals, including:

Safer streets – The Warmingham Road / Broughton Road junction has been redesigned with cyclists and pedestrians in mind with increased pavement sizes; added cycle path; and a crossing connecting to a Public Right of Way to the north

Waldron’s Lane access – Private vehicle access will be retained for existing homes, while the wider lane becomes a safe walking and cycling route.

School safety – The school has been resized to suit local need, and repositioned with safer road setbacks and traffic calming measures.

An enhanced Country Park – including new trails, play spaces, a dog walking area, and potential for a small car park for visitors and birdwatchers.

Better connections – An extended bus route is being progressed, with ongoing talks with Cheshire East Council regarding long term funding.

A strong local centre – Could include shops, a café, a GP surgery or pharmacy, a children’s nursery, apartments on upper floors, and specialist accommodation for older residents

Up to 850 homes are proposed, including 30% affordable housing.

Waldron’s Place will provide a new Country Park of over 17 hectares in easy walking and cycling distance for new residents. The Country Park will be publicly accessible and include new circular walking routes through an attractive native landscape.

The development will also improve connectivity, providing better links between Coppenhall Moss (Warmingham Road), Stoneley Road, Broughton Road, and Groby Road. A new road connecting Groby Road to Warmingham Road is also planned, along with an extended bus service route designed to ensure nearly all new homes are within 400 metres of a bus stop. The proposals will also improve public accessibility from this part of Crewe to the wider area, including Crewe town centre.

Additional outdoor recreation opportunities will be provided across the site, including new destination play spaces, and allotments.

At the heart of the development, a local centre is proposed, which could include shops, a café, a GP surgery or pharmacy, a children’s nursery, and specialist accommodation for older residents. The scheme will also deliver much-needed new homes for the area, supported by public open space covering more than half of the site.

The local centre is proposed to include shops and a café, a GP surgery or pharmacy, a children’s nursery, apartments on upper floors, and specialist accommodation for older residents. This has been refined following feedback from our first consultation, which highlighted the need for a genuinely useful, well-used local centre.

Land is set aside for a new primary school. Following feedback from our first consultation, the school has been resized to suit local demand and repositioned with safer setbacks from busy roads, alongside traffic calming measures nearby.

An extended bus route through the Site is being progressed, which would connect to Crewe town centre, Leighton Hospital and Haslington, with every home within around 400m of a bus stop. We know people are keen to understand how this would be funded long-term, so we’re engaging directly with Cheshire East Council now on agreeing a funding arrangement.

The proposed development will introduce a new tree-lined spine road and a key east–west cycle route to improve connectivity across the area. Alongside this, there is a strong focus on active travel infrastructure, encouraging healthy living and ensuring residents can easily access everyday amenities within a short walk or cycle of their homes.

To manage water, a comprehensive drainage and flood strategy will be implemented across the site, using Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) to effectively manage surface water runoff, reduce flood risk, and enhance the overall resilience of the development in line with modern environmental standards.

A new electricity sub-station will be required to meet the estimated energy demand generated by the number of homes proposed, as well as other supporting infrastructure such as a local centre.

By planning for the sub-station at this stage, it can be carefully integrated into the overall scheme rather than being added later in a potentially less suitable location within the site.

The sub-station will also be carefully considered in terms of noise and design to ensure it does not negatively impact people who may live nearby.

The proposed development has been designed to prioritise sustainable and active travel, with new and enhanced routes for walking, wheeling and cycling provided both within the site and connecting to the surrounding area.

In addition, a new bus corridor is proposed through the site, linking residents to the local centre and providing convenient access to public transport services.

Following feedback from our first consultation, the Warmingham Road / Broughton Road junction has been further developed to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, and a clear strategy has been developed for Waldron’s Lane, maintaining private vehicular access for existing properties while the wider lane becomes a safe active travel route.

The masterplan has been designed with sustainable travel at the heart of its access and movement strategy. By promoting walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport use, the vision and aim of this development is to reduce reliance on private cars and help minimise impacts on the local highway network.

The layout of Waldron’s Place has been designed to ensure that most existing landscape features are retained, including trees, hedgerows, ponds, and watercourses. Alongside this, new native habitats will be created, including a Country Park that will provide opportunities for people to experience nature in a sensitive way.

Green corridors will also be retained throughout the development, helping to support the movement of both wildlife and people across the site and with the surrounding area. This will connect into wider ambitions across Crewe to create a more connected network of green and active travel routes, as well as making it easier for residents of Crewe to access the surrounding countryside.

The proposed development will be set back from the Sandbach Flashes, with a proposed Country Park separating new homes from the Flashes. The Country Park will be designed to provide complementary habitats and reflect the local landscape character, allowing residents to experience and engage with the wildlife associated with the Flashes, which includes a variety of breeding birds and wintering birds, without increasing recreational pressure on them. Creating opportunities for birdwatching forms part of the landscape strategy.

Following feedback from our first consultation about the risk of unauthorised access into the Flashes, boundary treatments including fencing, will be included within the Country Park to prevent this.

From a flood risk and drainage perspective, the proposed development will have no impact on the Sandbach Flashes.

Construction impacts are being considered at the outline stage through careful planning of the development’s phasing. This will help ensure a logical approach to construction and reduce unnecessary impacts on residents throughout the duration of the project.

The council will require a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) to be submitted prior to any construction taking place. This will set out a range of measures, including:

• delivery access and timing
• dust and debris control
• noise and vibration monitoring
• waste management
• community outreach and liaison
• reasonable avoidance measures for protected species
• tree protection measures

This document will be prepared and submitted at a later stage in the project.

Yes, the proposals take into account other planning applications and recent developments in the area, particularly in relation to:

• highway impact
• the need for primary and secondary education provision
• the need for a range of housing types and tenures
• the need for access to green space for both existing and new local residents

The site lies wholly within Flood Zone 1, which indicates land with the lowest probability of flooding (less than a 1 in 1,000 chance in any given year of flooding from rivers or watercourses). Flood mapping does identify some localised areas of surface water that will need to be managed across the site. These areas are generally associated with natural depressions in the site topography and will be accommodated within the post-development surface water drainage design, ensuring no flood risk to the site or third-party land.

Drainage is being designed to cope with a severe storm, a 1-in-100-year event, with no additional water leaving the Site during heavy rain; all rainwater will be managed on-site, including within ponds and green space in the Country Park. An 8-metre protective buffer will be kept alongside every drainage ditch.

A detailed Flood Risk Assessment for the site is currently being prepared and will demonstrate that the development will be safe for its lifetime in flood risk terms and will not increase flood risk off-site.

Geological mapping from the British Geological Survey does not indicate the presence of peat at the site. In addition, a series of approximately 30 trial pit excavations have been undertaken across the site. Ground conditions encountered typically comprise topsoil underlain by glacial clay deposits, with occasional sand lenses.

There are no heritage assets within the site, although there is one Grade II listed building located nearby. Historic ridge and furrow drainage systems are also present within some fields.

In terms of archaeology, the site is considered to have low potential for prehistoric to medieval remains, and moderate potential for post-medieval remains, with moderate to high potential for paleoenvironmental remains.

An archaeological report will be prepared and submitted as part of the outline planning application.

Existing Public Rights of Way will be retained and enhanced through the site, with additional walking and cycling routes proposed. These will help to better connect the existing Public Rights of Way network with both existing and new residents.