Tatton Motorway Service Area, Land Between Junctions 7 And 8 Of The M56 , Rostherne, WA14 3SD Data via plota.co.uk

26/0837/DSC - Discharge of conditions Approved

Proposal

Discharge of condition 44 on approval 25/3586/VOC: Variation of Condition 2 - approved plans, variation to wording of Conditions 26 - highway improvements and 43 - updated energy strategy for the buildings to amend trigger for discharge, and variation of Conditions 10 – badger survey, 12 – ecological management plan, 13 – Habitat creation and management, 14 – biodiversity enhancement, 20 – tree protection, 34 – bird hazard management, 40 - CEMP and 48 – archaeology to amend to compliance conditions on application -APP/. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Oct 2026, 03:08

Application progress

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Received

5 Mar 2026

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Approved

18 May 2026

Approved on 18 May 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Associated applications 6

Part of

Full18 Mar 2022council archive

Conditions variation sought for , ,
- Variation18 Sep 2025archive
  Conditions details submitted for 2, 10, 16, 26, 44 · variation sought for 14, 23, 24, 30
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 44 - Variation of Condition 2 - approved plans, variation to wording…This application5 Mar 202626/0837/DSC
  - Show 3 more · 3 pending
    - VariationVariation of conditions 2, 14, 23, 24 and 30 - Variation of Condition 2 - approved plans…18 Aug 202626/3009/VOC
    - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 16 (Drainage) 17 (Drainage), 33 (SuDS) and 38 (Method Statement)27 May 202626/2008/DSC
    - AmendmentNon-Material Amendment to change the surface water drainage proposals and to relocate…5 May 202626/1666/NMA

Site constraints 8

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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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.

National infrastructure project about 99 m away: A556 Knutsford to Bowdon Scheme

The site is about 99 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.

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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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; Ramsar wetland about 395 m away: Rostherne Mere; SSSI about 395 m away: Rostherne Mere SSSI; Priority habitat about 28 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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: Discharge of conditions
Postcode: WA14 3SD
Received: 5 Mar 2026
Validated: 5 Mar 2026
Ward: Mobberley
Parish: Millington and Rostherne
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 May 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 18 May 2026
Decision level: Delegation
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 30 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 18 May 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

Tatton Motorway Service Area, Land Between Junctions 7 And 8 Of The M56 , Rostherne, WA14 3SD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 4