West Haven Neston Road Burton Neston CH64 5SY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00448/LDC - Lawful Development Certificate Approved

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed rendered wall insulation to all elevations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Feb 2026
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Approved
1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 350 m away: Burton Mill Wood; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Burton (Cheshire West and Chester) 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 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 Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode
CH64 5SY
Received
11 Feb 2026
Validated
11 Feb 2026
Ward
Willaston And Thornton
Case officer
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Decision
Approval
Decision date
1 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, about the council's usual 52 days. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
816decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14693879
Planning Portal ref
PP-14693879
Env. assessment
No