Development will ‘Roo-in’ our village

When Wayne and Coleen Rooney bulldozed a 1930s mansion and replaced it with a sprawling £5million neo-Georgian palace, locals accused them of wrecking the affluent village of Prestbury.

Now, however, the boot is on the other foot – after Mrs Rooney complained over plans to build 15 homes near the pair’s 20-acre estate.

In a letter to Cheshire East Council, Coleen warns: ‘Let’s not ruin our village. The development would be in direct conflict with the national policy to protect green belt land.

‘The development will mean more car journeys into the village, which is already congested and unsuitable for the increased traffic. It will damage the special landscape, character and appearance of the area.’

The plans would see 15 homes built on Green Belt land owned by Harvey Wood Investments, including five ‘affordable’ homes, with one of the builds visible from the end of her drive.

She also wrote: ‘There is no evidence of very special circumstances required to override the harm to the Green Belt – the absence of a 5-year housing land supply in Cheshire East does not constitute very special circumstances.’

Mrs Rooney added that she also had concerns over ‘highway safety’ because of poor visibility along the proposed estate’s main access road.

Source: Daily Mail