Christleton High School Village Road Christleton Chester CH3 7AD Data via plota.co.uk

26/02647/LDC - Lawful Development Certificate Awaiting decision

Proposal

Erection of school rear boundary between the school playing field and a section of Birch Heath Lane Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 15 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 69.

Site constraints 4

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 662 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application; Inside the Christleton and Waverton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode
CH3 7AD
Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Christleton and Huntington
Parish
Christleton
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 69, past the statutory target. 88% of extensions in Chester are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 19 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Oct 2026.

Day 6913 days past the 56-day target
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

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15169340
Planning Portal ref
PP-15169340
Env. assessment
No