MORE than 200 homes could be built on a rural site in Holmes Chapel after a developer submitted plans for the same plot of land, less than three months after having them refused by a borough planning board. 

Gladman Developments, which had a proposal to build 119 homes in Goostrey knocked back this week, has submitted an outline planning application to Cheshire East Council to create 215 homes, 3,767 sq ft of commercial development space and public open space including both play equipment and sports pitches.

The site earmarked for the development is to the south of the village and parallel to the A50 London Road between the Sanofi site, Dunkirk Farm and Alum Brook Farm.

The homes would range in size from two to five bedrooms, while 30 per cent would be affordable housing.

The company also said the proposal would generate £22.6million for the region and support 201 full time jobs over a six and half year build period. 

In April, it had plans for 190 homes on the same site rejected by Cheshire East's Strategic Planning Board. The committee said it was a 'straight forward refusal'.

Chelford ward Cllr George Walton said in the meeting: "This is in the middle of nowhere. 
"It’s nowhere near any shops or other houses."

But that has not deterred Gladman, who said in an updated planning statement that the site was 'sustainable' and that with no five year housing supply, showed the development was needed.

"The proposals are, we believe, a measured and proportionate response to the site, providing high-quality housing and amenities with the minimum of impact on their surroundings," it said.

"The site is sustainably located along London Road for bus connections to Crewe and Sandbach and train connections from Holmes Chapel Railway Station to Manchester and Crewe. 

"The Local Plan is now out of date in terms of the need to deliver housing based on the latest evidence. The settlement boundaries in the Local Plan will therefore be reviewed in any event to accommodate the level of housing now required. 

"There cannot be an objection in principle to development outside current settlement boundaries which were defined to accommodate a lower quantum of development during a time period which has now passed."

Cheshire East Council is due to make a decision on the development on September 23.