MILE HOUSE Middlewich Road, Leighton, Crewe, Cheshire East, CW1 4QH Data via plota.co.uk

26/3176/FUL - Full Planning Pending Consideration

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and the erection of residential development including the laying out of roads, parking, landscaping and other associated works and ancillary development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Dec 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Nov 2026 and 8 Dec 2026, from Cheshire East's recent demolitions. Comments are open until 21 Oct 2026.

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Documents 63

Statements & assessments 28

PDF Biodiversity Gain Plan Supporting Information · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Supporting Information · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Bat Emergence Survey Report Supporting Information · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Statutory Biodiversity Metric Report Supporting Information · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Impact Assessment Supporting Information · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Metric Supporting Information · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment Supporting Information · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Drainage Management Strategy Supporting Information · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Building for Healthy Life Assessment Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Full Foul Drainage Design 22 05 2026 Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Full Storm Drainage Design 22 05 2026 Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Drainage Layout Submitted Plans · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Historic Flood Risk and Drainage Information Request Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF UU Flood Risk Request Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF New National Flood Mapping Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EA Flood Risk Assessment Data Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Managing Flood Risk and Coastal Change Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EA Response Request for Flood Risk Assessment Data Supporting Information · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Barn Owl Inspection Statement Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Energy and Sustainability Statement Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Transport Assessment Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Air Quality Assessment Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Great Crested Newt Statement Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Historic Environment Desk-Based Assessment Supporting Information · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Topograghical Survey Submitted Plans · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 1

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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 23 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
CW1 4QH
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
Leighton
Parish
Leighton, Minshull Vernon and Woolstanwood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegation
Applicant
Show
Agent
AshtonHale Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 29 of the 56-day target. Cheshire East usually decides demolitions by day 78.

Day 2949 days to the predicted decision (day 78)
34%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
311decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Cheshire East in the last twelve months, from validation. Cheshire East decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
21 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Dec 2026
Cheshire East
Planning Authority Score
1.9/10
Poor
#274 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Cheshire East is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #268 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 65% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Cheshire East decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #168 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #170 of 296
39%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #268 of 296
65%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #279 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
358 decided (1-9 homes)
76%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
119 decided
2,513
Total decisions
321 refused in the year to March 2026