A LARGE new housing development could be built in Winwick.

Bellway Homes has submitted a scheme to build 163 homes on land off Golborne Road to the north of the village.

In plans submitted to Warrington Borough Council earlier this week, the developers says 49 will be 'affordable' and the remaining 114 units sold at 'market value'.

Bellway says the scheme will result in a 'positive contribution to local housing needs'.

Documents add: "Bellway Homes have a proven track record of providing high quality aspirational family housing

"The development will create a high quality sustainable residential neighbourhood which maintains and enhances the key existing landscape features at the boundaries, integrating the site into the wider area.

"The development will maintain a well-informed, safe and attractive neighbourhood, which promotes the wellbeing of its residents and visitors.

"The properties will be accessible for all and the site is accessible by a range of means of transport giving residents and visitors a real choice about how they travel.

The plan submitted on the council website

The plan submitted on the council website

"The development will achieve a sensitive and robust solution to the relationship between existing and proposed dwellings and create a sense of place which includes house types that reference the local architectural language and blends seamlessly with the wider residential area."

The homes will be a mix of detached, semi-detached and mews-style with car parking and landscaping.

The site area consists of grass land with a pylon line running through the centre of the site east to west.

A screening option was sent to the council last year ahead of the formal, detailed planning application this week.

For full details see the council's website at warrington.gov.uk using the search term 2023/00204.