Land North Western Corner Of David Whitby Way,, Basford, Cheshire East, Data via plota.co.uk

26/0279/RES - Reserved Matters Pending Consideration

Proposal

Reserve matters application. The planning application is anticipated to relate to a 2 storey building, including 7 classrooms, with areas such as the car parking, playground / playing field, hall, office accommodation and kitchen being suitable for a larger school. This will allow a future scheme to build a 7 classroom block at a future date based on pupil Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 2 Oct 2026, 13:48

Application progress

✓

Received

week of 19 Jan 2026

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Validated

23 Jan 2026

✓

Committee

9 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 24 Apr 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 5 Oct 2026; it is now day 255. The consultation period closed on 25 Mar 2026.

Planning committee

Decided by Cheshire East Southern Planning Committee on 9 Sept 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

Officers recommended approval because the school would provide social benefits and was acceptable on design, highways, amenity and other assessed matters.
The parish council supported the school in principle but raised concerns about traffic, crossings, parking, design and landscaping.
The committee unanimously approved the application with conditions and an informative about investigating further parking solutions if Phase 2 causes problems.

Read how the committee decided The proposed school, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public concerns, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Cheshire East's committee minutes of 9 Sept 2026.

Documents 45

Statements & assessments 3

PDF Proposed Drainage Layout Revised Plans · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Drainage Layout Revised Plans · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Supporting Information · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 26

Consultation & comments 1

PDF List of consultees List of consultees · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 2

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3a, surveyed

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Wolverhampton). 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.

Survey report ↗

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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: Reserved Matters
Postcode: CW2 5YX
Received: week of 19 Jan 2026
Validated: 23 Jan 2026
Ward: Crewe East
Parish: Crewe
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Apr 2026
Decision level: Southern Planning Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Halliday Meecham Architects

Decision outlook

Day 255, past the statutory target. 49% of community buildings in Cheshire East are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 2 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 255199 days past the 56-day target

26%decided within 8 weeks

99%approved

23%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 25 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 24 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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Cheshire East

Planning Authority Score

1.9/10

Poor

#274 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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

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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