The Coach House Foxcovert Lane Lower Peover WA16 9QT Data via plota.co.uk

26/02585/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Conversion of barn to 2 residential properties including construction of carports/garages Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 07:16

Application progress

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Received

17 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 12 Oct 2026 and 3 Nov 2026, from Chester's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 5 Oct 2026.

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 4

PDF SUPPORTING STATEMENT Document · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Document · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT Document · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BAT SURVEY Document · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 2

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Also on the record

Green belt about 37 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

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.