Planning application for development of Alderley Park submitted

An outline planning application has been submitted to Cheshire East Council for the proposed development at Alderley Park.Full planning permission is being sought for the demolition of a number of buildings and the development of a mixed-use scheme which includes 38,000 sqm of laboratory, offices and light manufacturing floorspace – in addition to over 100,000 sq m of space for life sciences which is already in place – and could in time, secure as many as 7,000 jobs.The scheme aims to deliver up to 275 new homes (up to 60 of which may be retirement homes) which will help fund the necessary investment required for the science campus.Alongside the housing a new village hub will offer complementary uses such as a shop, cafe, restaurant, pub, creche and a hotel with up to 100 bedrooms.Sport and recreation facilities form part of the proposals, including an indoor sports centre of up to a 2,000 sqm, which will be open to the public for the first time and the local community will be able to use the existing footpaths, woodland and heritage parkland.Additionally approval is being sought for up to 14,000 sqm of multi-storey car parking, providing up to 534 spaces, a waste transfer station of up to 900 sqm, landscaping and other associated infrastructure.