Protos Ince Biomass Power Plant Marsh Lane Ince CH2 4NR Data via plota.co.uk

26/01591/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Erection and operation of a Carbon Capture Plant to serve the Ince Bio Power facility Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

22 May 2026

Decision

Expected by 17 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 31 Oct 2026; it is now day 140.

Comments are open until 31 Oct 2026

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Documents 121

Statements & assessments 108

PDF LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DETAILED UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE RISK ASSESSMENT Document · 22 May 2026 View ↗

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Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 22 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 8

Site constraints 5

12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Stocks Adjacent to Ince Manor House, Grade II, about 16 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 11 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

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16 mStocks Adjacent to Ince Manor HouseGrade II
29 mFarm Buildings Abutting Manor Houses to South EastGrade II
43 mPortion of Boundary Wall Between the Square and Entrance to the Manor HouseGrade II
66 mManor House of Abbey of St Werburgh Chester, Including Old Hall and Monastery CottagesGrade I
83 m7, 8 and 9, the SquareGrade II
84 mPark CottagesGrade II
86 m1, 2 and 3 With Attached Front Garden WallsGrade II
90 mK6 Telephone KioskGrade II
91 mCoronation Lamp Post and LanternGrade II
99 mPortion of Boundary Wall Between Junction of Kinsey's Lane With Pool Lane and Park CottagesGrade II
117 mOutbuilding Attached to South End of Village Green Farm Facing the SquareGrade II
146 mLower Green Farmhouse With Wall to Front GardenGrade II

Historic England ↗

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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Scheduled monument about 19 m away: Ince Manor monastic grange and fishpond

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

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.

National infrastructure project about 434 m away: Frodsham Solar

The site is about 434 m from the project boundary. Generating station, awaiting the Secretary of State's decision. Also within 2 km: HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline (decided, about 1159 m); Hynet North West Hydrogen Pipeline (at pre-application, about 434 m); Stanlow Hydrogen Ready Modular Combined Heat and Power Project (at pre-application, about 508 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 ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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: CH2 4NR
Received: 22 May 2026
Validated: 22 May 2026
Ward: Gowy Rural
Parish: Ince
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 140, past the statutory target. 68% of commercial and major works in Chester are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 1 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 14023 days to the predicted decision (day 163)

48%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

28decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Chester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chester decision record →