THE SPRINGS Ashley Road, Mere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 6QH Data via plota.co.uk

26/2248/CLEUD - Certificate of Lawful Use / Development - Existing Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawful existing development of single storey link extension to dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

15 Jun 2026

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Approved

30 Jul 2026

Approved on 30 Jul 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 11

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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Nutrient neutrality catchment: Rostherne Mere Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Registered park or garden about 41 m away: Tatton Park

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National infrastructure project about 900 m away: A556 Knutsford to Bowdon Scheme

The site is about 900 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Ramsar wetland about 297 m away: Midland Meres & Mosses - Phase 1

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; SSSI about 297 m away: The Mere, Mere SSSI; Inside the Mere (Cheshire East) built-up area; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 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: WA16 6QH
Received: 15 Jun 2026
Validated: 15 Jun 2026
Ward: High Legh
Parish: Mere
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Aug 2026
Decision: Positive Certificate
Decision date: 30 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegation
Applicant: Show
Agent: Walsingham Planning

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 13 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Aug 2026

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

THE SPRINGS Ashley Road, Mere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 6QH Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 4

Site constraints 11

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Important details

Consultation & key dates