Wyncot Middlewich Road Allostock Knutsford WA16 9JX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00783/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Removal of existing conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Mar 2026
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Approved
27 Apr 2026

Approved on 27 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project about 931 m away: Keuper Gas Storage Project
The site is about 931 m from the project boundary. Underground gas storage, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 (at pre-application, about 1449 m).
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.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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
Chester
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
WA16 9JX
Received
10 Mar 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Ward
Shakerley
Parish
Allostock
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approval
Decision date
27 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, about the council's usual 50 days. Approved, as 94% of demolitions here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
168decided in the last year

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Public comments

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2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14769065
Planning Portal ref
PP-14769065
Comments by
24 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No