BROWNLOW HEATH FARM Childs Lane, Brownlow, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 4TQ Data via plota.co.uk

Refused 25/4198/FUL

Council

Cheshire East 1.9/10

Date received

week of 3 Nov 2025

Decision date

week of 29 Jun 2026

Postcode

CW12 4TQ

Description

Demolition of existing garage and change of use of land from a residential garden to a cattery business including the construction of a 40 pen cattery building and new double garage to the rear of the exiting dwelling and associated landscaping... Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 9 Oct 2026, 06:35

Site constraints 3

Green belt: Stoke-on-Trent

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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Also on the record

Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 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 2

Last sold for £1,500,000 in November 2025. Detached house, freehold.

20 November 2025£1,500,000

29 January 2016£635,000

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

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Historical activity at this location

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

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Cheshire East

Planning Authority Score

1.9/10

Poor

#274 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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%).

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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