Keep Greenside Green

Keep Greenside Green · Community campaign

Keeping Greenside
green.

Keep Greenside Green is a resident-led community campaign. We are making local people aware of possible development around Greenside and organising our community to stop inappropriate development on this valued green land.

Open green fields and mature trees at Greenside
21 July 2026Consultation opened
1 September 2026Closes at 5pm
50+ HectaresLand submitted near Greenside
1000+Homes could be built

The current situation

Cheshire East are consulting residents on plans for Macclesfield

The council is asking residents what issues, evidence and priorities should shape the new plan.

It is also asking what its vision and objectives should be, how growth should be distributed, and how communities should be involved in later stages.

It is not deciding individual site allocations at this stage. Land submitted through the separate call-for-sites process has no additional planning status and will have to be assessed before the council decides whether any site should progress.

The proposed plan period runs to 31 March 2045. Further consultation on proposed plan content and evidence is anticipated in summer 2027, followed by consultation on a complete draft plan in spring or summer 2028.

Read the council’s consultation ↗

At a glance

Submitted land around Greenside.

The orange hatching shows the submitted areas in and around the neighbourhood. Use the council’s live map below for the latest boundaries and record details.

Map showing orange-hatched submitted sites around Greenside, Whirley Road, Birtles Road, Church Lane and the A537
Overview image of submitted-site boundaries around Greenside. Indicative only; not a map of allocated development. Housing estimates are based on a county average of 30 homes per hectare.
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Site’s near Greenside

Nearby Submissions

Details below are taken from Cheshire East Council’s submitted-sites map.

01

CFS26 590

Land north of Birtles Road, Whirley Grove

Area
19.23 ha
Submitted use
Housing
Where
Immediately north-west of Greenside, beside Birtles Road
Site address
Land north of Birtles Road
02

HE153

Land north of Church Lane

Area
See council record
Submitted use
Housing
Where
South of CFS26 460, between Church Lane and the A537
Site address
Church Lane, Henbury
03

CFS26 460

Land to the west of Whirley Road, Macclesfield

Area
14.8 ha
Submitted use
Housing
Where
South-west of Greenside, extending towards the A537
Site address
Land to the west of Whirley Road, Macclesfield
04

CFS26 557

Land south of Whirley Road

Area
13.6 ha
Submitted use
Housing
Where
West of Greenside, between Whirley Road and Longmoss
Site address
Whirley Road, Whirley Grove

Build my response

Turn your concerns into a clear objection.

Keep Greenside Green has built a simple tool to help you generate an objection letter to send to Cheshire East Council. Choose the issues that concern you, add your own local experience, then review and edit the draft before sending it in your name.

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