Base maps
The base map helps you locate roads, buildings and fields. It is contextual mapping; it does not itself prove a planning designation or ownership.
Map help and evidence guide
Understand Betchton, one evidence layer at a time
The map brings together planning, environment, heritage, transport and community information relevant to Betchton Parish. It is an evidence-exploration tool for the Neighbourhood Plan: useful for finding patterns and questions, but not a substitute for checking the current official source before a formal decision.
132selectable layers
14,665mapped records
12 July 2026latest evidence integration
Quick start
Using the map
Start with one or two layers. Too many overlapping layers can hide patterns and make the map harder to interpret.
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Choose the map underneath
Use Base for greyscale, colour or aerial mapping. Greyscale usually makes evidence layers easiest to see.
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Find an evidence layer
Open a category in the left panel or use Filter layers. Tick the box beside a layer to display it.
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Adjust and compare
Use the shade controls to see the base map through polygons. Turn layers off between comparisons.
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Click a mapped object
The selection panel explains what the object is, where the record came from and any recorded limitations.
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Check before formal use
Open the source link and check its date, status and coverage before citing a feature in policy, a representation or a planning decision.
Call for Sites
This live overlay shows categories from Cheshire East's Call for Sites mapping. A submitted or displayed site is not the same as an allocation or planning permission.
Historic mapping
Compare tithe, historic Ordnance Survey and aerial layers. Dates describe the source imagery or map edition; boundaries may not align exactly with modern mapping.
Shade controls
Layer shade changes the selected evidence; Map shade changes the base; Historic shade changes the chosen historic layer.
Evidence provenance
Where the map data comes from - and why it is included
The map combines public mapping, national datasets, historic records and information obtained through FOI/EIR. Each source answers different questions; none should be treated as complete on its own.
Source
Cheshire East public mapping, national agencies, archives, official reports and FOI/EIR disclosures.
Check
Record the provider, access date, geography, licence or reuse note and known limitations.
Process
Convert technical formats where needed and clip or relate records to the Betchton parish boundary. Approximate locations are labelled.
Use
Compare evidence, identify questions and support neighbourhood-plan research. Recheck the live official source for formal use.
What is in the map
Evidence themes
Planning and development
Call for Sites, housing supply, Local Plan and other planning layers help explore possible development context. Status matters: a site may be submitted, emerging, allocated, permitted or completed.
Environment, flood and nature
Flood, ecology, natural-environment and nature-recovery layers support screening and cumulative assessment. Always check current Environment Agency, Natural England and Cheshire East evidence.
Heritage and historic landscape
Historic Environment Record, APAS, listed-building context and tithe information help identify heritage questions. Tithe ownership and plots are historic, not present-day ownership evidence.
Transport and highways
Road, street, bus, winter-service and road-safety records help examine access and movement. Some disclosed incident locations are approximate along named roads.
Community and local context
Addresses, demographics, connectivity, education, business and housing-market layers provide context, often at postcode or statistical-geography level rather than individual-property level.
Geology and ground conditions
BGS and related layers flag broad ground-condition context. Site investigation and professional interpretation may be needed for a proposal.
Boundaries and administration
Parish, ward, polling and administrative layers help identify geography and responsibility. Historic and current boundary editions should not be confused.
FOI/EIR disclosures
Disclosed records extend the public evidence base. Some are document indexes or processed extracts; read the linked disclosure and the map limitation before relying on them.
Read responsibly
What the map does not tell you by itself
Not land ownership. Map boundaries, postcodes and historic tithe records do not establish current title.
Not a planning decision. A mapped site, constraint or feature does not determine whether development is acceptable.
Not always exact. Postcode centroids, named-road placements and non-spatial index markers may be approximate.
Not automatically current. Check the recorded access date and then the live authoritative source.
Exact layer help
Search the live layer directory
Every selectable map layer is listed with its record count, source, processing note and limitation where these are recorded. A “?” beside a map checkbox opens this directory at the matching layer.
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Maintenance
Map update log
Interface changes and evidence-data integrations are recorded separately.
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