More than £3 million has been approved by Cheshire East Council for the regeneration of Poynton village centre.

The announcement comes just months after a highly successful public consultation in the area, which revealed that 87% of residents in Poynton were in favour of their village centre being revitalised.

Cheshire East Council Leader, Wesley Fitzgerald, said: "The village centre improvement scheme will be based on the principles of shared space; where the car and the pedestrian share the same space. Understandably, residents are worried about safety but research indicates the proposals will produce a safer environment than the current situation.

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"As a result, construction work on Park Lane has been re-scheduled to start in the summer. This has the advantage of coinciding with the start of the school holidays, normally a quieter period for traders. Fountain Place is set to follow in due course."

Proposals for the Poynton Scheme include:

• The creation of a new environment to change driver and pedestrian behaviour
• Courtesy crossings for pedestrians
• Kerbs to be retained with a reduced height of 30mm
• Introduction of a no-parking zone with deliveries only permitted during designated periods
• Gateways included at each point where the normal carriageway meets the new shared space area