What Planning Doesn't Do
Town and Country Planning legislation deals with the use and
development of land. Parliament gives local
authorities powers to enforce these rules and regulations.
However there are many issues which are more properly dealt
with under other legislation by other agencies or other divisions
of the Council.
Land ownership
The Planning Division has no definitive records of land
ownership.
Queries about Borough Council
owned land should be addressed to
Municipal Buildings
Earle Street
Crewe
Queries about Wulvern
property (including former Council houses) should
be addressed to
Queries about Cheshire County
Council land should be addressed to the
For issues relating to privately owned land you need to
consult the deeds for the property.
The deeds may have information
on responsibility for the maintenance of boundaries as
well as restrictive covenants. Your solicitor
will help you with these issues.
Queries about registered title can be answered by the
Land Registry.
Noise nuisance
Complaints about noise nuisance are dealt with under the
Environmental Protection Act by
Issues about Service strips,
Adoption of highways and Street lighting are dealt
with by