Forest Cottage Ashton Road Norley Northwich WA6 6NY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00698/LDC - Lawful Development Certificate Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Proposed erection of a detached garage and a single storey outbuilding Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Mar 2026
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Approved
9 Apr 2026

Approved on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
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Ramsar wetland about 60 m away: Midland Meres & Mosses - Phase 1
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.
SSSI about 60 m away: Hatch Mere SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
Inside the Hatchmere built-up area; Priority habitat about 43 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £424,500 in February 2023. Detached house, freehold.

13 February 2023£424,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Chester
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode
WA6 6NY
Received
5 Mar 2026
Validated
5 Mar 2026
Ward
Weaver And Cuddington
Parish
Norley
Case officer
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Decision
Approval
Decision date
9 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 17 days faster than Chester's median of 52 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
816decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14718060
Planning Portal ref
PP-14718060
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Refused
Replacement dwelling and detached garage, demolition of existing cottage and outbuildings…
24/02476/FUL
2023 Refused
Demolition of existing cottage and outbuildings, erection of two storey new dwelling and…
23/03809/FUL
2023 Approved
Proposed garage and outbuilding.
23/02879/LDC
2023 Refused
Erection of garage and outbuilding
23/01518/LDC
2023 Approved
Single storey side and rear extensions, and the addition of an outdoor swimming pool
23/01520/LDC
2023 Approved
Erection of three single storey extensions
23/01521/HHE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Land Off Ashton Road Norley Northwich
Construction of between two and four dwellings and associated works.
25/02427/PIP
2022 Approved
1 Hatchmere Cottages Ashton Road Norley Northwich Cheshire WA6 6NZ
Erection of front boundary wall and pillars with an integrated planter (retrospective)…
22/04502/FUL
2021 Approved
The Copse Ashton Road Norley Northwich WA6 6NY
Extension of first floor, porch extension to front, new detached garage and new boundary…
21/02142/FUL
2021 Withdrawn
Brook Hurst Ashton Road Norley Northwich Cheshire WA6 6NY
Single storey rear extension
21/04728/LDC
2021 Approved
The Copse Ashton Road Norley Northwich WA6 6NY
Construction of additional storey to existing dwelling
21/04269/PAA
2018 Approved
2 Hatchmere Cottages Ashton Road Norley Northwich Cheshire WA6 6NZ
Single storey rear extension
18/04504/FUL
2018 Approved
1 Hatchmere Cottages Ashton Road Norley Northwich Cheshire WA6 6NZ
Two storey and single storey extension to side and rear
18/02927/FUL

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.