Agricultural Building At Crooke Farm Aldersey Lane Chester Data via plota.co.uk

26/01232/PDR - Agri buildings to flexi commercial use Withdrawn

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural building to flexible commercial use Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Apr 2026
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Withdrawn
14 May 2026

Withdrawn on 14 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gate Piers at Aldersey Lodge, Grade II, about 12 m from the postcode pin · 5 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 ↗
Public footpath about 10 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Agri buildings to flexi commercial use
Postcode
CH3 9EH
Received
22 Apr 2026
Validated
22 Apr 2026
Ward
Farndon
Parish
Aldersey
Case officer
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Decision
Withdrawn
Decision date
14 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14873169
Planning Portal ref
PP-14873169
Comments by
26 May 2026
Env. assessment
No