Botanist, 41A King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 6DW Data via plota.co.uk

25/1267/FUL - Full Planning Refused

Proposal

Alterations to frontage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Mar 2025
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Validated
1 May 2025
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Refused
12 Feb 2026
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Appeal allowed
20 Apr 2026

Refused on 12 Feb 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Licence at this address

  • Licence The Botanist Premises licence · in force since 30 Aug 2009 Licensed hours: alcohol until 00:30 (Mon-Wed 23:00)
    Food hygiene rating: 5 (Very good)Rated as Stolen Lamb · Inspected 10 Oct 2025

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: 43 and 45, King Street
List entry 1388354 · 15 m away · 24 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II*, 22 Grade II)
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.
Show the other 24 with distances
Historic England ↗
Ramsar wetland 177 m away: Midland Meres & Mosses - Phase 1
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 177 m away: Tatton Meres SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Knutsford built-up area; Green belt 72 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; 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 17 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £290,000 in January 2016. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.

5 January 2016£290,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area288 m² (3,100 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (asset rating 31)
UseRestaurants and Cafes/Drinking Establishments/Takeaways
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
WA16 6DW
Received
28 Mar 2025
Validated
1 May 2025
Ward
Knutsford
Parish
Knutsford
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Feb 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
12 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegation
Appeal
Allowed · 20 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004423 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Smashbox Architecture
Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 287 days from validation, 227 days slower than Cheshire East's median of 60 for extensions. Refused, as 9% of extensions here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
1,725decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Cheshire East in the last twelve months, from validation. Cheshire East decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Jun 2025
Statutory expiry
19 Feb 2026
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.