1 Gethsemane Caravan Park Chester Road Dunham On The Hill Chester WA6 0JQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00914/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Change of use from open pasture to provide a self-build accessible bungalow (pitch 8) with hardstanding and ramped access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Mar 2026
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Validated
9 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 92.

The consultation period closed on 3 Aug 2026.

Documents 2

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Document · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 19 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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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Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1440 m away: HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline.
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
Full Application
Postcode
WA6 0JQ
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Jul 2026
Ward
Sandstone
Parish
Dunham On The Hill And Hapsford
Applicant
Show
Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 92, past the statutory target. 66% of changes of use 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 7 Oct 2026.

Day 9236 days past the 56-day target
45%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
62decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Chester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chester decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14799201
Planning Portal ref
PP-14799201
Comments by
3 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

16 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Change of use from open pasture to stable block and associated hard-standing and fencing.
23/01023/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Two storey side extension
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2022
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Erection of stable block and new driveway
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2020 Approved
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2019 Approved
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Demolition of existing garage and erection of a two storey side extension
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2018 Refused
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2018 Approved
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Single storey rear extension
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2018 Approved
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Single storey rear extension
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2018 Refused
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2017 Withdrawn
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2017 Refused
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2016 Withdrawn
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2016 Approved
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2016 Refused
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