FORMER PUMP HOUSE Chelford Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire East Data via plota.co.uk

26/1892/CLEUD - Certificate of Lawful Use / Development - Existing Decided

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for building works commenced prior to the expiry of planning permission , the site therefore being in residential use. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Oct 2026, 00:49

Application progress

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Received

19 May 2026

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Validated

20 May 2026

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Negative Certificate

13 Jul 2026

Negative Certificate on 13 Jul 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Associated applications 2

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Full30 Mar 2021council archive
- LawfulnessCertificate of lawful development for building works commenced prior to the expiry, the site…This application20 May 202626/1892/CLEUD

Site constraints 3

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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.

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 96 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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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Important details

Council: Cheshire East
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use / Development - Existing
Postcode: SK10 4RW
Received: 19 May 2026
Validated: 20 May 2026
Ward: Broken Cross and Upton
Parish: Macclesfield
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Jul 2026
Decision: Negative Certificate
Decision date: 13 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegation
Applicant: Show
Agent: Jay Ashall Partnership

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 23 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 15 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

PUMP HOUSE, ANDERTONS LANE, HENBURY, CHESHIRE, SK10 4RW

Discharge of conditions 4 & 6 on application 15/4283M.

17/2972D 23 Aug 2017

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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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

FORMER PUMP HOUSE Chelford Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire East Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1