Land At Pigginshaw, Altrincham Road, SK9 5NW Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/3610/OUT
New homes
Council
Cheshire East 1.9/10
Date received
week of 15 Sept 2025
Decision date
week of 9 Mar 2026
Postcode
SK9 5NW

Description

Outline application for the phased development of up to 4 residential self-build, custom-build or open market dwellings, all matters reserved apart from primary access point and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Planning committee

Decided by Cheshire East Northern Planning Committee on 14 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the site was grey belt land and impacts could be controlled through reserved matters and conditions.
  • Consultees mostly raised no objections, while the town council and eleven representations opposed the development on Green Belt and local impact grounds.
  • The committee resolved to approve, subject to conditions including a woodland buffer, with the decision delegated to the Head of Planning.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Cheshire East's committee minutes of 14 Jan 2026.

Site constraints 8

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.
Public footpath about 10 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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; Local nature reserve about 470 m away: Lindow Common; SSSI about 469 m away: Lindow Common SSSI; Inside the Wilmslow 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 18 September 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 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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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Refused
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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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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