WESTVIEW Congleton Edge Road, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 3NB Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/2540/FUL - Full Planning
Change of useNew homes
Council
Cheshire East 1.9/10
Date received
18 Jul 2026
Postcode
CW12 3NB
Type
Full Planning

Description

Proposed sub-division of an existing dwelling and annexe, to create two dwellings at West View, Congleton Edge, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 3NB. Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 13 Sept 2026; it is now day 57.

Day 57, past the statutory target. 89% of full applications in Cheshire East are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 17 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

Day 571 days past the 56-day target
65%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
87,260decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent full applications in Cheshire East to go on. Cheshire East decision record →

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.
Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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.

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Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved
Godsend Congleton Edge Road, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 3NB
Discharge of Conditions 3, 8, 9, 10 and 12 on approved application 17/5804C.
18/2441D
2018 Approved
Lilac Cottage Congleton Edge Road, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 3NB
Single Storey Rear Extension.
18/3293C
2017 Approved
Congleton Edge Methodist Chapel, Congleton Edge Road, Congleton, CW12 3NB
Proposed conversion of chapel to dwelling.
17/5804C
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings