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26/02454/AGR - Agricultural Determination Approved

Proposal

Erection of agricultural storage building Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 07:16

Application progress

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Received

4 Aug 2026

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Approved

24 Aug 2026

Approved on 24 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

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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National infrastructure project about 700 m away: HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline

The site is about 700 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hynet North West Hydrogen Pipeline (at pre-application, about 700 m); Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline (at pre-application, about 1355 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

Inside the Moston 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. 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: Agricultural Determination
Postcode: CH2 4BB
Received: 4 Aug 2026
Validated: 4 Aug 2026
Ward: Saughall And Mollington
Parish: Backford
Case officer: Show
Decision: Prior Approval not required
Decision date: 24 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 20 days from validation, 8 days faster than Chester's median of 28 for agricultural works. Approved, as 68% of agricultural works here are.

This one20d

Council28d

UK44d

85%decided within 8 weeks

68%approved

63decided in the last year

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