Plans for a new 134-space private car park on a Nantwich brownfield site have been given the green light after 14 months.

In early 2025, Vision for Nantwich Ltd, put forward proposals for the new car park on land at St. Annes Lane, along with associated access and landscaping improvements.

Within the new car park, Vision For Nantwich will install seven EV charging spaces, three disabled parking spaces and four motorcycle bays. Cycle storage and a solar car port will also be included.

Made up of 0.7 hectares, the land was last used as an informal public car park and was historically the town's old gas works.

This has resulted in significant contamination issues over the years, with gas mains running through the site.

The development comes after plans to turn the brownfield site into a mixed-use development comprising a hotel, restaurants and apartments were shelved due to "overwhelming" costs.

Within the new car parking development, Vision For Nantwich will install seven EV charging spaces, three disabled parking spaces and four motorcycle bays (Photo: CEC Planning).

A Cheshire East Planning Officer said: "The site is within in the settlement boundary where development is acceptable provided that it is compatible with surrounding uses and accords with other relevant local plan policies.

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"The site also has site specific designations under Policy LPS47 of the Cheshire East Local Plan and saved Policy S12.3 of the Crewe and Nantwich Local Plan.

"These policies in essence seek to encourage the regeneration of the site by providing a mixed-use scheme including car parking.

"The current proposal seeks a car park which would go some way to meeting part of the required uses under this Policy. It is important to note although the site is currently vacant the last use was as a car park.

"Although consent was granted for a mixed use scheme, this was never implement and thus has expired. Therefore the lawful use of the site remains as a car park.

"As a result the proposal appears acceptable in principle from a pure land use perspective.

"The proposal would not pose any significant concerns relating to design, heritage, ecology, highway safety, living conditions of neighbouring properties, landcape or flood risk. As such it complies with the development plan as a whole."

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