MERE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB Chester Road, Mere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 6LJ Data via plota.co.uk

24/3534M - Variation of Condition Approved

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 and 9 of approved application : Proposed alteration and extension to provide additional bedrooms, conferencing and clubhouse floorspace, extension of the Stable Block (Spa) to provide additional leisure and spa facilities, creation of a tennis hut and golf starter hut and other ancillary buildings, alteration and rationalisation of the wider site and car park to provide more parking spaces and additional landscaping and re-development of existing ground store. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Oct 2024
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Approved
15 Apr 2026

Approved on 15 Apr 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 52

Plans & drawings 38

PDF The Cube - Proposed Elevations and Sections Submitted Plans · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF The Cube - Proposed Floor Plans Submitted Plans · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Lower Ground Floor Plan Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Levels Plan Sheet 3 Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Detailed Landscape Arrangement Plan Part 5 Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Detailed Landscape Arrangement Plan Part 4 Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Roof Plan Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Second Floor Plan Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF First Floor Plan Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Ground Floor Plan Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Landscape Plan Revised Plans · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Padel Court Elevations Revised Plans · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Padel Court Site Sections Revised Plans · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Landscape Plan - Full Site Revised Plans · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Padel Court - Sections Submitted Plans · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF AIA & AMS Plans Supporting Information · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Second Floor Plan Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Planting Plan 02 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Levels Plan 03 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Levels Plan 02 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Levels Plan 01 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Planting Plan 03 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Planting Plan 01 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Landscape Plan - Full Site Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Detailed Landscape Arrangement 04 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Detailed Landscape Arrangement 03 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Detailed Landscape Arrangement 02 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Detailed Landscape Arrangement 01 Revised Plans · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Proposed SW and NE Hotel Elevations Submitted Plans · 2 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Existing Proposed Spa Elevations Submitted Plans · 2 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Existing Proposed SE and NW Hotel Elevations Submitted Plans · 2 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Submitted Plans · 2 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Proposed Section DD EE Submitted Plans · 2 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Lower Ground Floor Plan Submitted Plans · 2 Oct 2024 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

Site constraints 9

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.
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.
Ramsar wetland about 88 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.
National infrastructure project about 322 m away: A556 Knutsford to Bowdon Scheme
The site is about 322 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 ↗
SSSI about 88 m away: The Mere, Mere SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £11,699,977 in December 2022. Other property, freehold.

15 December 2022£11,699,977Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Application type
Variation of Condition
Postcode
WA16 6LJ
Received
2 Oct 2024
Validated
2 Oct 2024
Ward
High Legh
Parish
Mere
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved With Conditions
Decision date
15 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegation
Applicant
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Agent
Avison Young
Freehold owner
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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
15 Apr 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

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.