Dear Resident,

Cheshire East Council would like to invite you to complete the following Housing Needs Survey, which will provide information on current housing needs of the area and how this may change in the future.

If there is an identified need, this will inform a planning application for an affordable housing development for local people. The report will also help Alderley Edge Parish Council influence future planning applications to help ensure they meet local needs.

Cheshire East Council, with the support of Alderley Edge Parish Council, have commissioned Cheshire Community Action (a local charity with expertise in supporting rural communities to influence development) to carry out the survey independently.

We would particularly like to hear from you if your home does not meet your current needs or likely needs in the future. It is also an opportunity to tell us if you cannot afford to move to more suitable accommodation due to high prices or rents.

The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete and all responses will be kept confidential. All data will only be used anonymously for the purpose of informing the Parish Council and Local Authority of the current and future level of housing need.

We require one response per household. For example, a family with grown up children may need to accommodate two households if, the grown-up children want to move into their own home and their parents may wish to downsize. In which case, you would need to complete the survey twice - one for each household.

The deadline for responses is: Friday 14th October

John Heselwood

Cheshire Community Action

John.heselwood@cheshireaction.org.uk

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