A 55-home development for land off Crewe Road at Winterley has been recommended for approval.

Cheshire East refused the outline application in 2020 but the decision was overturned by an inspector at appeal in 2021.

The reserved matters application from Duchy Homes Ltd, which deals with the layout, scale, appearance and landscaping of the scheme, will be considered by the council's southern planning committee next Wednesday (February 8).

Haslington councillor Steve Edgar (Con) has expressed a number of concerns about the scheme including the affordable housing not being pepper-potted throughout the development, bedroom number differences for the affordable and market price dwellings and, he says, the site is overdeveloped.

He adds: "There should be walking connectivity to the other Duchy Estate to the east to allow easier access to the facilities in Winterley for the other new estate and to allow children access to all the play areas."

Haslington Parish Council has listed a number of objections including inadequate parking provision; the two and a half and three-storey properties are not in keeping with the rest of the area; concerns about drainage and claims Winterley has no facilities and this is not an appropriate location for new housing.

Eleven letters of objection have also been sent to the council from local residents.

The proposal is for 55 homes, 20 of which would be affordable, on a site which is currently vacant and enclosed by development on three sides.

The planning officer states in the report to tomorrow's meeting: "The proposal seeks a mix of detached, semi-detached and town house properties. As such the properties could be accommodated in the street scene without causing significant harm to the existing pattern of built form, especially noting the recently constructed development that surrounds the site."

The development would be made up of eight one-bedroom properties, 14 two-bed, 15 three-bed, nine four-bed and nine five-bedroom homes.

The proposal includes public open space and an equipped play area, which will be provided towards the east of the site and is arranged around the retention of an existing tree.

The planning officer states the access, appearance, layout, scale and landscaping are all deemed to be acceptable.

"In addition, the proposals are not deemed to create any concerns in relation to amenity, ecology or flood risk, highway safety, subject to updated conditions where necessary."

The application, which has been recommended for approval, will be considered by the southern planning committee at its meeting on Wednesday, February 8, which takes place at Crewe Municipal Buildings at 10am.