ST GEORGES STREET BAPTIST CHURCH St Georges Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire East, SK11 6TG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Converting St Georges Street Baptist Church into 8 luxury apartments and a 6-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Oct 2025 · Northern Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Cheshire East Northern Planning Committee on 1 Oct 2025.
Refused
Against officer advice, as the minutes record.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- The application was to convert a church into eight luxury apartments and a six-bedroom house in multiple occupation.
- A ward councillor, the applicant and the applicant's agent spoke about the application.
- The committee refused the application against the officers' recommendation, saying it did not provide enough off-street parking.
Source: Plota analysis of Cheshire East's committee minutes, Cheshire East Northern Planning Committee minutes, 1 October 2025 .
Documents 38
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 22
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 4
Site constraints 2
Show all 24 with distances
- 12 mParish Boundary Stone in Front Wall Between Numbers 13 and 15Grade II
- 33 mSt Georges Street MillGrade II
- 43 mParish Boundary Stone in Front Wall of Number 7Grade II
- 51 m25-31, PARK STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 51 m21-27, Lord StreetGrade II
- 55 mSt Georges HouseGrade II
- 60 mFormer Methodist ChapelGrade II
- 71 mParish Boundary Stone Adjacent to Playground Wall at Sj 9180 7298Grade II
- 73 m22 and 24, Lord StreetGrade II
- 75 mFormer Lord Street Methodist Sunday SchoolGrade II
- 79 mChurch of St GeorgeGrade II
- 82 mWall, Railings and Gates to Former Methodist ChurchGrade II
- 85 mBrunswick CourtGrade II
- 92 mBrunswick House (Former Brunswick Methodist Church)Grade II*
- 105 m1, 3 and 5, James StreetGrade II
- 111 m41, ST GEORGES STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 114 m51 AND 53, CHAPEL STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 116 mLord Byron Public HouseGrade II
- 128 m8 and 10, Chapel StreetGrade II
- 130 m80-96, Park LaneGrade II
- 131 mUpper Paradise MillGrade II
- 131 mFormer St Georges Church of England SchoolGrade II
- 131 m1, Broken BanksGrade II
- 135 m1, Park StreetGrade II
Checked on 26 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Postcode
- SK11 6TG
- Received
- 19 Feb 2025
- Validated
- 28 Apr 2025
- Ward
- Macclesfield Central
- Parish
- Macclesfield
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 3 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Northern Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Tom Ford Architecture LTD
How this decision compares
Decided in 158 days from validation, 66 days slower than Cheshire East's median of 92 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Cheshire East in the last twelve months, from validation. Cheshire East decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 24 Jul 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Oct 2025
Historical activity at this location
15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Cheshire East is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #268 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 65% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).
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