Three Oaks Farm Clive Back Lane Winsford CW7 3NX Data via plota.co.uk

26/02668/AGR - Agricultural Determination Approved

Proposal

Erection of agricultural produce storage building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Approved
21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 420 m away: Wimboldsley Wood SSSI; National infrastructure project about 875 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application.
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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Important details

Council
Chester
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
CW7 3NX
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Winsford Gravel
Parish
Winsford Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Prior Approval not required
Decision date
21 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 68% of agricultural works here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
64decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Chester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chester decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 26 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15177997
Planning Portal ref
PP-15177997
Env. assessment
No