Call for Sites 2026
The 'Call for Sites' will be open between Wednesday 14 October and Friday 6 November 2026. This is an opportunity to tell us about any land/site for potential development that has not been submitted to us previously.
Kelsall Parish Council applied for a revised neighbourhood area for the purpose of producing a modified Neighbourhood Plan for the Kelsall and Willington neighbourhood area. The neighbourhood area includes the civil parishes of Kelsall and Willington; a small area of Delamere and Oakmere parish; and a very small area of Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel parish.
Following a six week consultation period, the revised neighbourhood area was designated on 10 September 2026.
Cheshire West and Chester Council decided to make the Kelsall & WIllington Neighbourhood Plan under Section 38A(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on 15 March 2017.
The Kelsall & WIllington Neighbourhood Plan now forms part of the Development Plan for Cheshire West and Chester and will be taken into account in local planning decisions. The Council has published a decision statement which sets out the decision to make the neighbourhood plan and the reasons for doing so.
The Kelsall & WIllington NP referendum took place on 2 March 2017, with 95.7% of voters saying "yes" to the neighbourhood plan.
Cheshire West and Chester Council appointed Mr Tony Burton, CBE BA MPhil (Town Planning) HonFRIBA FRSA, as independent examiner of the Kelsall & Willington Neighbourhood Plan. His report was published on 8 November 2016.
Additional documents were published during the examination, and these are available below. These include the AECOM Viability Study referred to in the Kelsall Neighbourhood Development Plan Team's comment on the plan and further evidence submitted by the Parish Council on deliverability of the proposed site allocation.
The Kelsall & WIllington NP regulation 16 consultation ran from 14 July to 26 August 2016.
The Kelsall & Willington NP regulation 14 consultation took place between November 2015 and January 2016.
Kelsall Parish Council submitted a neighbourhood area application to the Council and the neighbourhood area was designated on 26 November 2013.