Bank Cottage Bickley Town Lane Bickley Malpas SY14 8EQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01368/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Installation of solar array Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
✓
Validated
10 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 121.

The consultation period closed on 11 Jul 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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Nature improvement area: Meres and Mosses.
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 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 £350,000 in January 2026. Detached house, freehold.

7 January 2026£350,000

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

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Important details

Council
Chester
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
SY14 8EQ
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
10 Jun 2026
Ward
Malpas
Parish
Nomansheath And District
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 121, past the statutory target. 85% of full applications in Chester are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 25 Sept 2026.

Day 12165 days past the 56-day target
60%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
634decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14911724
Planning Portal ref
PP-14911724
Comments by
11 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

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