Chestnut House Day Nursery Church Road Saughall Chester CH1 6EN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Rear ground floor extension to Nursery. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Nov 2025
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Validated
20 Feb 2026
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Approved
1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

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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National infrastructure project about 786 m away: HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline
The site is about 786 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hynet North West Hydrogen Pipeline (at pre-application, about 786 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Saughall built-up area; 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Full Application
Postcode
CH1 6EN
Received
12 Nov 2025
Validated
20 Feb 2026
Ward
Saughall And Mollington
Parish
Saughall And Shotwick Park
Case officer
Show
Decision
Approval
Decision date
1 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 193 days from validation, 141 days slower 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

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2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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1 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No