THE HOMESTEAD Moss Road, Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 3NG Data via plota.co.uk

26/0635/CLPUD - Certificate of Lawful Use / Development - Proposed Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey side extension and garage conversion. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Oct 2026, 03:29

Application progress

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Received

18 Feb 2026

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Approved

14 Apr 2026

Approved on 14 Apr 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Stoke-on-Trent

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.

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

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

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: Cheshire East
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use / Development - Proposed
Postcode: CW12 3NG
Received: 18 Feb 2026
Validated: 18 Feb 2026
Ward: Odd Rode
Parish: Newbold Astbury-cum-Moreton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Apr 2026
Decision: Positive Certificate
Decision date: 14 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegation
Applicant: Show
Agent: ME Design Solutions

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 20 days faster than Cheshire East's median of 75 for demolitions. Approved, as 84% of demolitions here are.

This one55d

Council75d

UK56d

35%decided within 8 weeks

84%approved

337decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 24 Mar 2026
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

THE HOMESTEAD Moss Road, Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 3NG Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1

Site constraints 5

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates