2 - 4 Upper Northgate Street Chester CH1 4EE Data via plota.co.uk

26/02322/ADV - Advert Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Brass plaques on either side of the entrance doors and internally illuminated 3D lettering on side elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:53

Application progress

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Received

23 Jul 2026

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Validated

18 Aug 2026

Decision

Target date was 13 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Nov 2026 and 3 Jan 2027, from Chester's recent signs and adverts.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

26 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: 5 and 7, Upper Northgate Street, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin · 4 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 21 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.

Show all 26 with distances

7 m5 and 7, Upper Northgate StreetGrade II
18 m3, Upper Northgate StreetGrade II
21 m11a, 11b and 13, Upper Northgate StreetGrade II
35 m10, Upper Northgate StreetGrade II
39 mBull and Stirrup HotelGrade II
50 mBluecoat School and Former Chapel of St John BaptistGrade II*
61 mNumbers 2 and 4 and Railings to AreasGrade II
68 mAlmshouses of Hospital of St John BaptistGrade II
69 mBridge of SighsGrade II
70 mNorthgate BakeryGrade II
70 mNorthgate BridgeGrade II
73 mGarden CourtGrade II
76 mNorthgate HouseGrade II
83 mThe NorthgateGrade I
96 m1 and 2, City WallsGrade II
100 mNumbers 134, 136 and 138 StreetGrade II
103 m1, ABBEY GREEN (See details for further address information)Grade II
111 mNumber 5 and Warehouse Adjacent to House, Including Railings and PostGrade II
113 mNumbers 128, 130 and 132 StreetGrade II
117 mPart of City Wall Between Morgans Mount and NorthgateGrade I
121 mNumber 73 Street Former Fire StationGrade II
134 mPart of City Wall From Northgate to Phoenix TowerGrade I
141 mNumber 63 and 65 Street the Blue BellGrade I
143 m2, Abbey GreenGrade II
147 mWall Between North Part of Abbey Green and Deanery FieldGrade II
149 mNorthgate ChurchGrade II

Historic England ↗

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.

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Scheduled monument about 80 m away: The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester

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

Radon affected area, class 2; 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, 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.