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Former Maxpress Site. Mill Street Congleton Cheshire CW12 1XX

04/0177/FULFULL PLANNINGPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Conversion of Danebridge Mill to A3 (food & drink) and B1 (office) use including ancillary storage and car parking. Possible Phase 2 - construction of part 1st floor conversion of Providence Mill into 14 social housing units. Two storey erection of new build apartments of former car park - 36 units, 5 storey.

Received
18 October 2004
Decided
4 May 2005 · Approved with conditions
Ward
Congleton North West
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided4 May

Decided in 198 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Cheshire East86% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Former Maxpress Site. Mill Street Congleton Cheshire CW12 1XX. Cheshire East has handled 8,325 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than Cheshire East's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,661 applications in total for the CW12 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
04/0177/FUL
Address
Former Maxpress Site. Mill Street Congleton Cheshire CW12 1XX
Postcode
CW12 1XX
Local Authority
Cheshire East
Application Type
FULL PLANNING
Scale / Size
Medium
Number of Dwellings
36
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
DECISION MADE
Ward
Congleton North West
Parish
Congleton Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
5 Cherry Holt Lane East Bridgford Nottingham NG13 8PN
Agent Address
7 BUXTON ROAD WEST DISLEY STOCKPORT SK12 2AE

Planning Application Dates

Target Decision Date
13 December 2004
Date Decided
4 May 2005
Date Validated
18 October 2004
Date Submitted
18 October 2004

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved with conditions
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
2
Coordinates
53.166560, -2.213351
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Cheshire East

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    28 Feb

    Variation of Section 106 Agreement relating to planning permission 04/0177/FUL

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  2. 2004
    18 Oct

    Conversion of Danebridge Mill to A3 (food & drink) and B1 (office) use including ancillary storage and car…

    This applicationApprovedFull04/0177/FUL

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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