Mereview Farm Park Lane, Pickmere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0LG Data via plota.co.uk

26/0950/PRIOR-6 - Prior Approval Approved

Proposal

Prior approval for horticultural building to support the agricultural business growth. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Mar 2026
✓
Approved
8 Apr 2026

Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Mereview Farm, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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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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
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Pickmere 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 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

Application type
Prior Approval
Postcode
WA16 0LG
Received
11 Mar 2026
Validated
11 Mar 2026
Ward
High Legh
Parish
Pickmere
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
8 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegation
Applicant
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Agent
Harvey Hughes

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 12 days faster than Cheshire East's median of 40 for agricultural works. Approved, as 70% of agricultural works here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
220decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 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