HOUGH GREEN FARM Mobberley Road, Ashley, Altrincham, Cheshire East, WA15 0QL Data via plota.co.uk

23/4174M - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Conversion of outbuilding to create additional living space. Window alterations to main house. Internal alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 06:32

Application progress

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Received

6 Nov 2023

✓

Approved

3 Jun 2026

Approved on 3 Jun 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 29

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Heritage Statement Supporting Information · 23 Jan 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and Access with Heritage Statement Supporting Information · 6 Nov 2023 View ↗

Plans & drawings 21

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 6 Nov 2023 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF SPAB re damp proofing Consultee Response · 28 May 2026 View ↗ PDF The Victorian Society Consultee Response · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Agent Letter to SPAB & The Victorian Society Objections Supporting Information · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 5

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 3b

Not 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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Hough Green Farmhouse, Grade II, about 48 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. 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.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands.

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 1

Last sold for £1,230,000 in July 2023. Other property, freehold.

26 July 2023£1,230,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council: Cheshire East
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: WA15 0QL
Received: 6 Nov 2023
Validated: 6 Nov 2023
Ward: Mobberley
Parish: Ashley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 4 Jun 2026
Decision: Approved With Conditions
Decision date: 3 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegation
Applicant: Show
Agent: PHILIP LAMBERT philip lambert architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 940 days from validation, 883 days slower than Cheshire East's median of 57 for extensions. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

This one940d

Council57d

UK55d

50%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

1,497decided 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: 1 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry: 4 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023

Conversion of outbuilding to create additional living space. Window alterations to main h…

23/4173M 6 Nov 2023

Cheshire East

Planning Authority Score

1.9/10

Poor

#274 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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

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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

HOUGH GREEN FARM Mobberley Road, Ashley, Altrincham, Cheshire East, WA15 0QL Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 29

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 21

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 2

Site constraints 5

Sales history 1

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