Dairy House Farm Croxton Lane Byley Northwich CW10 9LA Data via plota.co.uk

26/02373/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Conversion of barns to 5 dwellings, demolition of lean-tos, erection of carport, bike store, operational development to dutch barns and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 07:16

Application progress

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Received

28 Jul 2026

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Validated

17 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 12 Oct 2026 and 3 Nov 2026, from Chester's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 5 Oct 2026.

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 5

PDF AMPHIBIAN ASSESSMENT Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY BAT ROOST ASSESSMENT Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF STRUCTURAL INSPECTION SURVEY Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project about 338 m away: Keuper Gas Storage Project

The site is about 338 m from the project boundary. Underground gas storage, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline (at pre-application, about 13 m); Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 (at pre-application, about 1536 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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, the Planning Inspectorate 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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