THE CAVE, 91 - 95 Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire East, SK11 6NN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed Partial Demolition and Formation of 10 No. 1 Bed Apartments Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 7 Sept 2026 · Northern Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Cheshire East Northern Planning Committee on 19 Aug 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because of poor outlook and light, noise concerns and harm to the building’s heritage character.
- The town council and surrounding businesses raised overdevelopment, noise, commercial viability and conflict with the established night-time economy.
- The committee refused the application as recommended, recording the three reasons for refusal.
Source: Plota analysis of Cheshire East's committee minutes of 19 Aug 2026.
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 3
Plans & drawings 9
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 2
Show all 7 with distances
- 46 m96, Mill StreetGrade II
- 65 m79, 81 and 83, Mill StreetGrade II
- 108 mUnited Reformed ChurchGrade II
- 112 mMacclesfield Public LibraryGrade II
- 127 mBarclays BankGrade II*
- 132 m30, 30a and 32, Townley StreetGrade II
- 136 mCollege of Further EducationGrade II
Checked on 11 September 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £516,000 in March 2022. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Application type
- Full Planning
- Postcode
- SK11 6NN
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Macclesfield Central
- Parish
- Macclesfield
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 28 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Northern Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Northern Design (Oldham)
How this decision compares
Decided in 207 days from validation, 129 days slower than Cheshire East's median of 78 for demolitions. Refused, as 17% of demolitions here are.
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
- 25 Mar 2026
- Committee
- 19 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 28 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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