The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy Murlain House Union Street Chester CH1 1QP Data via plota.co.uk

26/00928/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Installation of railings to an existing wall. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Mar 2026
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Validated
11 May 2026
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Approved
17 Jun 2026

Approved on 17 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Air quality management area: Chester City Centre AQMA (No.5)
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden about 41 m away: Grosvenor Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation about 236 m away: River Dee and Bala Lake
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.
25 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Love Street School (St Werburgh Middle School), Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 24 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 152 m away: St John's Church (ruined portions)
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 236 m away: River Dee (England) SSSI; Inside the Chester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

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Important details

Council
Chester
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CH1 1QP
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Chester City and The Garden Quarter
Case officer
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Decision
Approval
Decision date
17 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 15 days faster than Chester's median of 52 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
837decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14616045
Planning Portal ref
PP-14616045
Comments by
15 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No