Bevan House, Barony Court, Nantwich, CW5 5RD Data via plota.co.uk

25/0303/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Listed Building consent for the Conversion of offices to residential apartments, consequent internal alterations, cycle and bin storage provision, parking, amenity and access arrangements. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Jan 2025
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Committee
22 Oct 2025
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Approved
27 Oct 2025

Approved on 27 Oct 2025 · Southern Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Cheshire East Southern Planning Committee on 22 Oct 2025.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application sought listed building consent to convert two office buildings into residential apartments.
  • The committee approved the application for the reasons in the report, subject to conditions.
  • Conditions require a recording survey and the retention and protection of the buildings' historic fabric.

Source: Plota analysis of Cheshire East's committee minutes, Cheshire East Southern Planning Committee minutes, 22 October 2025 .

Documents 31

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Nantwich built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 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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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CW5 5RD
Received
2 Jan 2025
Validated
2 Jan 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Oct 2025
Decision
Approved With Conditions
Decision date
27 Oct 2025
Decision level
Southern Planning Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Geoff Allen Associates
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 298 days from validation, 193 days slower than Cheshire East's median of 105 for listed building works. Approved, as 94% of listed building works here are.

19%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
142decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
10 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
27 Oct 2025
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
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

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