Coope Rd - our vision for new homes
Keep up to date with the latest developments on Coope Road, Bollington.
September 2025 update
You may have noticed that there have been surveys taking place over Summer 2025. These have focused around locating the drainage infrastructure within the area.
There are still some drainage runs that the Trust have been unable to locate. We will be investigating this further during Winter 2025.
Unfortunately, this means that progress is slow as we cannot design layouts for the proposed new bungalows until we know the exact location of all drainage runs.
As soon as we have this information, we'll be sure to share the updates.
October 2023 update
We were so pleased that of the 225 residents who were invited, around 50 made it along to our drop-in session at Bollington Community Centre.
This was the Trust’s first opportunity to share with locals our reasons for wanting to develop this site.
We are a profit for purpose organisation.
We want to play a part in addressing affordable housing need in Bollington.
We are already committed to this area and creating great places to live.
"Where we see an opportunity to provide high-quality, affordable homes, we will want to pursue the options. That’s what we are doing at Coope Rd, Bollington.
I’m glad that we’ve had the opportunity to hear residents’ views first-hand at this very early stage."
Alec Gaston – Head of Asset, Compliance and Development
There were concerns about the busy area around the leisure centre, in particular.
A basic survey of wildlife has been completed. A further, more detailed survey would be a next step.
We received plenty of useful information about drainage on this site. Any future plans would require much more detailed investigations into water levels, drainage and sewers etc.
We would work with Cheshire East Council to establish exactly what the demand is for affordable housing e.g. 80% of market rent or shared ownership.
We have our own data that makes it clear that there is high demand for affordable homes in this area, particularly for young families who want to stay living in Bollington near their families.
If we developed this site we would certainly consider local residents and we’d use contractors that have signed up to the Considerate Constructors Scheme.
This will be considered at the planning stage.
Most modern piling techniques will be less intrusive than those used back in the 1990s when homes at Coop Rd were built.
We would do a thorough housing needs survey and be steered by Cheshire East on this.
Some people mentioned local empty homes that need work. So why would we build new homes when others are empty?
- One home on Heath Rd is empty while we secure the funds for a refit.
- Two bungalows on Coope Road need more work to underpin them.
There is no lack of demand for homes in Bollington.
- “This session has been a really nice to meet neighbours we haven’t met before.”
- “Generally, in favour for rent. Not ownership.”
- “I am generally in favour of affordable housing. And think this would be a good development. If people's concerns are allayed.”