Chester Business Centre Union Street Chester CH1 1QP Data via plota.co.uk

26/02276/ADV - Advert Application Awaiting decision
Signs & advertsCommercial premises

Proposal

Display of an illuminated fascia sign to the front elevation and a non-illuminated freestanding sign at the site frontage. (Retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Jul 2026
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Validated
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Nov 2026 and 19 Jan 2027, from Chester's recent signs and adverts.

Documents 3

Plans & drawings 1

IMG EXISTING ELEVATION Photo · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIGNAGE Document · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Air quality management area: Chester City Centre AQMA (No.5)
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden about 41 m away: Grosvenor Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation about 236 m away: River Dee and Bala Lake
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
25 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Love Street School (St Werburgh Middle School), Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 24 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 152 m away: St John's Church (ruined portions)
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 236 m away: River Dee (England) SSSI; Inside the Chester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £950,000 in December 2025. Other property, freehold.

5 December 2025£950,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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11 May 2026Approved

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Important details

Council
Chester
Application type
Advert Application
Postcode
CH1 1QP
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Ward
Chester City and The Garden Quarter
Applicant
Show
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 56 of the 56-day target. Chester usually decides signs and adverts by day 99.

Day 5643 days to the predicted decision (day 99)
23%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Chester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chester decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15097601
Planning Portal ref
PP-15097601
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Approved
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2018 Approved
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Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.