Land At Station Road, Scholar Green, Cheshire East, ST7 3JW Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/4090/OUT
Date received
week of 20 Oct 2025
Decision date
week of 24 Aug 2026
Postcode
ST7 3JW

Description

Outline application including means of access for the erection of up to 8 residential dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Cheshire East Southern Planning Committee on 3 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the site was considered Grey Belt, sustainably located and acceptable on heritage, amenity, drainage and ecology grounds.
  • The parish council raised concerns about density, highway safety and flooding, while one public objection cited highway safety.
  • The committee delegated approval subject to a hedgerow assessment and conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public comments, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Cheshire East's committee minutes of 3 Jun 2026.

Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Kent Green Farmhouse, Grade II, about 44 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Green belt about 7 m away: Stoke-on-Trent; Inside the Scholar Green built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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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Cheshire East
Planning Authority Score
1.9/10
Poor
#274 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Cheshire East decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #168 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #170 of 296
39%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #268 of 296
65%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #279 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
358 decided (1-9 homes)
76%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
119 decided
2,513
Total decisions
321 refused in the year to March 2026