Development Briefs

 

This page contains links to the various Development Briefs for Chester District.

 

Boughton Canal Corridor Development Brief  (3mb)
was adopted by the City Council on 2nd July 2001 as an operational Supplementary Planning Guidance and for Development Control purposes. This is the key policy document guiding development in the Canal Corridor Area.

Railway Lands Development Brief  (3mb)
was adopted by the City Council on 27th March 2002 as an operational Supplementary Planning Guidance and for Development Control purposes. This is the key policy document guiding development in the Railway Lands Area.

Gorse Stacks Development Brief  (3mb) 
was adopted by the City Council in September 2003 as an operational Supplementary Planning Guidance and for Development Control purposes. This is the key policy document guiding development in the Gorse Stacks Area.

Riverside Development Brief  (5mb)
was adopted by the City Council on 21 April 2004 as an operational Supplementary Planning Guidance and for Development Control purposes. This is the key policy document guiding development in the Riverside Area.

Chester Ports Development Brief  (4mb) 
was agreed by Full Council on 26th March 2003, where it was agreed for public consultation and for Development Control purposes.

Surplus Land on the Countess of Chester Health Park Development Brief
This development brief was adopted by the City Council in October 2005 as an operational Supplementary Planning Guidance and for Development Control purposes. This is the key policy document guiding the development of the surplus land at the Countess of Chester Health Park. Links to the relevant documents are at the bottom of this page.

Townfield Lane Development Brief (851.9kb)

Chester City Council has prepared a draft Development Brief, which seeks to guide the future development of new housing at Townfield Lane, Farndon. This has been allocated for new housing development in the adopted Chester District Local Plan. The aims of the Draft Development Brief are to address concerns that have been raised on key issues including:

 

Surplus Land on the Countess of Chester Health Park Development Brief - final (184kb)

Surplus Land on the Countess of Chester Health Park - appendices (108kb)

Map 1 (1mb) 

Map 2 (1mb)

Map 3 (1mb)

Map 4 (1mb)

Map 5 (913kb)

Map 6 (662kb)

 

There are also three Planning Briefs available

Homezones: are residential streets where people come before cars. Streets where you can enjoy taking time to stop and chat with your friends and neighbours. Streets where even young children can play without the threat of traffic. Streets where cars are allowed, but the car driver is a guest.

The City Council would like to see this approach adopted in areas of new housing development and refers to the concept in the above briefs under the heading "public open space."

In October 2001 Chester City Council, in partnership with Cheshire County Council bid for some government funding towards the first Homezone in Chester . The bid was successful and the scheme is due to be built in Egerton Street/Francis Street in 2004.