A1 · Relied on for the scheme, with route evidence

Land of the former Knowle House, Sagars Road, Handforth (care home)

cheshireeast-25-2053-FUL·Cheshire East·19 Aug 2026approved·25/2053/FUL

Tier label used

key services

What the decision says (from the case file)

“The site is clearly within an area that has walkable access to key services”

Why this is cited

Route evidence (pavements, lighting, Connectivity Tool) not the tier; approved. In the register this counts as a case where the tier was relied on for the scheme alongside real route evidence.

Sources

Application on the council planning portal · case file cases/cheshireeast-25-2053-FUL.md · quoted from cases/cheshireeast-25-2053-FUL.md

One entry in a register of 170 decisions that use a settlement-tier label, each read at every matching passage and classified by how the label influenced the decision. The quotation was checked against the source named above. Not legal advice.