CHAPEL HOUSE FARM Pickmere Lane, Pickmere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0JP Data via plota.co.uk

26/0291/FUL - Full Planning Refused
Agricultural

Proposal

Proposed agricultural produce (hay) and machinery store Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
26 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
23 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Apr 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DM8 Decision Decision Notice · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report PDF Officer Report · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Justification Statement Supporting Information · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Site/Block Plan - 4.0 Submitted Plans · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations Plan - 3.0 Submitted Plans · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Location Plan - 1.0 Submitted Plans · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Location Plan - 2.0 Submitted Plans · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application Form · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF DM5 List of consultees to be published List of consultees · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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. 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

Council
Cheshire East
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
WA16 0JP
Received
26 Jan 2026
Validated
26 Jan 2026
Ward
High Legh
Parish
Pickmere
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Apr 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
23 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegation
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bate Rural

How this decision compares

Decided in 87 days from validation, 47 days slower than Cheshire East's median of 40 for agricultural works. Refused, as 30% 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

Comments by
23 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

14 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Land Adjacent To Springfield, Pickmere Lane, Knutsford, WA16 0JP
Permission in Principle for the construction of up to 3 dwellings.
25/2863/PIP
2023 Approved
Goldstone, PICKMERE LANE, PICKMERE, WA16 0JP
A similar sized house to the south of Goldstone to fill in the vacant land currently used…
23/4148M
2021 Approved
BEECH TREES, PICKMERE LANE, PICKMERE, CHESHIRE, WA16 0JP
Prior Approval of a single storey flat roof rear extension, extending 8m beyond the rear…
21/1965M
2019 Refused
Redwood Pickmere Lane, Pickmere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0JP
The proposals are for 2 ,10mm x 300mm infill sections to link approved permitted developm…
19/0364M
2018 Approved
Redwood Pickmere Lane, Pickmere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0JP
The proposal is for part demolition, extensions and alterations to the existing house
18/5430M
2018 Approved
Redwood Pickmere Lane, Pickmere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0JP
Prior approval of a single storey flat-roofed rear extension, extending 5.5m beyond the r…
18/4633M
2018
NYWEN, PICKMERE LANE, PICKMERE, CHESHIRE, WA16 0JP
DUPLICATE 18/4633M see prior approval for single storey rear extension extending 5.5m fro…
18/4714M
2018 Refused
Redwood Pickmere Lane, Pickmere, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0JP
The proposal is for part demolition, extensions and alterations to the existing house wit…
18/2620M
2017 Approved
LAND ADJACENT TO NYWEN, PICKMERE LANE, PICKMERE, CHESHIRE, WA16 0JP
Discharge of conditions 1 - 7 on 16/5653M - Construction of two new houses on previously…
17/5270D
2016 Approved
NYWEN, PICKMERE LANE, PICKMERE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE, WA16 0JP
Construction of two new houses on previously developed land, demolition of existing comme…
16/5653M
2017 Approved
Goldstone, PICKMERE LANE, PICKMERE, WA16 0JP
Non material amendment to approved 16/3519M
17/0426M
2016 Approved
116, Pickmere Lane, Pickmere, Cheshire WA16 0JP
Prior notification of single storey rear extension extending 3.600m beyond the rear wall…
16/6031M
2016 Approved
NYWEN, PICKMERE LANE, PICKMERE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE, WA16 0JP
Certificate of lawful existing use of land as a domestic garden
16/4350M
2016 Approved
Goldstone, Pickmere Lane, PICKMERE, WA16 0JP
Front extension to Bungalow.
16/3519M
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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings