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.
The revised Malpas NP regulation 14 consultation ran from 31 March to 16 May 2025. More information can be found on the Malpas Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan webpage.
Malpas Parish Council applied for a revised neighbourhood area for the purposes of producing a modified Neighbourhood Plan for the Malpas area. The neighbourhood area includes the civil parish of Malpas, excluding two small areas which are within the No Mans Heath and District neighbourhood area. The neighbourhood area was designated on 15 March 2023.
Cheshire West and Chester Council decided to make the Malpas and Overton Neighbourhood Plan under Section 38A(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on 8 July 2015.
The Malpas and Overton 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 Malpas and Overton NP referendum took place on 7 May 2015, with 91.6% of voters saying "yes" to the neighbourhood plan.
Cheshire West and Chester Council appointed Mr Terry Heselton, BA (Hons), Dip TP, MRTPI, as independent examiner of the Malpas and Overton Neighbourhood Plan. His report was published on 20 February 2015.
The Malpas and Overton NP regulation 16 consultation ran from 3 October to 17 November 2015.
The Malpas and Overton NP regulation 14 consultation took place between 13 January and 23 February 2014.
Malpas Parish Council submitted a neighbourhood area application to the Council and the neighbourhood area was designated on 17 April 2013.