Utkinton and Cotebrook Community Website

Now that our lovely Primary School is complete the school’s acting head has posted this advertisement poster welcoming all residents to have a look.

We received this letter from CWaC that sets out the ways in which residents and other groups may appeal.  The text of the letter follows but we will also provide it in PDF format .

Development Management

Planning Service

Cheshire West And Chester Council

4 Civic Way Ellesmere Port CH65 0BE Tel: 0300 123 7027

Email: planning.appeals@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Web: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Dear Sir/Madam

Date

14 August 2018

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Appeal under Section 78

Site Address:                                Land Off, John Street, Utkinton, Tarporley, Cheshire, ,

Description of development:      Residential development of 7 affordable dwellings and 5 market

dwellings with access to site from Northgate – resubmission of application 16/01492/OUT

Application reference:                 17/01595/OUT

Appellant’s name:                        Marcol Homes Ltd & Vivio Developments

Planning Inspector ref:                APP/A0665/W/18/3196169

Appeal reference:                         18/00053/REF

Appeal start date:                         9 August 2018

I refer to the above details. An appeal has been made to the Secretary of State against the decision of Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council to refuse to grant planning permission for the above proposal.

The appeal will be determined on the basis of written representations. The procedure to be followed is set out in Part 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) (England) Regulations 2009.

We have forwarded all the representations made to us on the application to the Planning Inspectorate and the appellant. These will be considered by the Inspector when determining the appeal.

If you wish to make comments, or modify/withdraw your previous representation, you can do so:

• ONLINE: on the Planning Portal at https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk using the reference APP/A0665/W/18/3196169
• EMAIL: ct3@pins.gsi.gov.uk.
• POST: If you do not have access to the internet, you can send three copies to: Mr Chris Nash, Planning Inspectorate, Room 3/05, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, BRISTOL, BS1 6PN

 All representations must be received by 13 September 2018. Any representations submitted after the deadline will not usually be considered and will be returned. The Planning Inspectorate does not acknowledge representations. All representations must quote the reference APP/A0665/W/18/3196169.

 Please note that any representations you submit to the Planning Inspectorate will be copied to the appellant and this local planning authority and will be considered by the Inspector when determining the appeal.

The appeal documents can be inspected on the Council’s website at www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Should you wish to view the documents at the customer contact centre, please contact the Council, using the contact details overleaf, to arrange a suitable date and time.

You can get a copy of one of the Planning Inspectorate’s “Guide to taking part in planning appeals” booklets free of charge from the Planning Portal at www.planningportal.co.uk/pcs

When made, the decision will be published on the Planning Portal.

If you have any questions please contact the Customer Support Team at the Planning Inspectorate on 0303 444 5000.

Yours faithfully Development Planning

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Here is the letter in PDF Format – Appeal Notice Letter

We have received advices from Cheshire West & Chester Council that as part of their Community Speed Program, they are planning to reduce the speed limit to 20MPH on some roads in Utkinton.

Below is their notice regarding this change and details of how objections or comments may be made.

Please note that certain criteria has to be met before a road can be considered to have its’ speed limit reduced which is why for example John Street has not been included.

Reducing Speed Limits in Utkinton

Just a short note and a few pictures – Finesse Stone started work this morning (thank goodness it was cool and relatively dry).  Shaun hopes to have the work complete by week-ending 17th August.

Finesse masonry on site

Shaun at work grouting out the joins

Showing the crack in the north face of the stone with original grouting removed

Shot showing graffiti (spelling out ‘Janet’) immediately behind the cross – this will be erased.

Good afternoon,

The Parish Council recently received notification that the outline planning application for the field adjacent to Northgate and John Street, that was refused by CWaC in November 2017, has gone to the Planning Inspectorate as an appeal. The graphic below shows the notification.

What this means is that the appeal will be heard by an impartial Planning Inspector appointed by the Inspectorate and that this particular appeal will be ‘heard’ through written representations. The cut-off for submissions is 11 September 2018.

It is worth noting that this application was refused on grounds of landscape amenity and not on the grounds of affordable housing.  The Inspector will, we are advised, ignore any representations (submissions) that are repetitions of what has gone before as an original objection(s) – so if you are considering a representation, please try to make sure it is new and related only to landscape and environment and its impact on the community.

We quote the Decision Notice by CWaC:

“The proposals would not be in keeping with the local landscape setting, contrary to the requirement of policy SOC2 and it is also considered that the proposals would be harmful to the existing landscape character and local distinctiveness and would not preserve or enhance the characters or features for which the ASCV (Area of Special County Value) has been designated. For these reasons the scheme conflicts with the relevant parts of policies SOC2, STRAT9 and ENV2 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part One) and retained policy NE11 of the Vale Royal Borough Local Plan”

You can make a representation online by logging on to the Planning Inspectorate website (https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/CaseSearch.aspx ) in the ‘Case Reference’ enter 3196169 and search, this will open the same page as above and click on ‘Make a representation’.

If you wish to make a postal representation then this is the address:

FAO C Nash – Case Officer  – Case No 3196169

The Planning Inspectorate

Temple Quay House,

2 The Square, Bristol

Avon, BS1 6PN

Both the Parish Council and the Utkinton Green Space Action Group are considering what course of action to take and this may result in a public meeting to outline the options.

We will keep you informed on our website as to the next stage – please check www.utkintonandcotebrook.com for further information.  If you would wish to comment then please do so by using this link https://utkintonandcotebrook.com/220-2/

On behalf of

Utkinton and Cotebrook Parish Council.

The External Auditors Report on Utkinton and Cotebrook Parish Councils 2017/18 accounts has been received.

Their report and supporting documents can be found under the Parish Council, Parish Council Financial Statements under the ‘For the Financial Year 2017/18 section’.

Details on how to inspect this report are also included.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has this week launched a consultation seeking views on proposed changes to the Council Tax premium charged to the owners of empty and largely unfurnished properties that have been vacant for over two years.

This includes raising the Council Tax from 50% to 100% with effect from April 19 as they believe this will help increase the mount of available housing stock.

The consultation can be found at the following link and is open until 24 October.

Council Tax empty homes premium consultation

This reported on the Tarporley Treasures Facebook;

“Serious RTA alvanley arms closed both ways”

We have been advised that the above road will be closed from 4th September to install three BT telephone poles.

The work is expected to take one day and a diversion will be provided.

Please click on the link below for details and the diversion route.

TRO 2103 Hollins Hill

Having suffered a number of service failures over the past six months, or so, I was prompted to investigate what alternatives exist.  It isn’t simply a case of switching provider (eg. from BT to Sky, or Talk Talk etc.) because any provider will have to use the existing BTOpenreach infrastructure (green boxes and copper cables from the box to the house) and they would experience the same issues as BT.

So, I have a question; what are your broadband speeds like? And would you be prepared to examine other options – for example B4RN (Broadband for rural networks) who were featured on the BBC News last Tuesday evening.

I am looking at this among other options and would like to put up an online and postal survey of all of the outlying properties in Utkinton and Cotebrook and, perhaps, even to Little Budworth and Rushton/Eaton Parishes.

Drop me a line at utkintonpc@gmail.com if you are interested.