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Eaton Bank Academy Jackson Road, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 1NT

18/6251CFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 18 July 2019

Council decision: Approved With Conditions

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Proposal

Change of use for creation of new Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP), installation of new 4.5m high ball stop fencing and entrance gates to AGP perimeter, installation of new 2.0m high and 1.2m high pitch perimeter barrier and entrance gates within AGP enclosure, installation of new 4m high acoustic barrier along the Northern AGP perimeter, installation of new hard standing areas, installation of new floodlight system, installation of new maintenance equipment store located within AGP enclosure, formation of grass mound around school grounds.

Submitted
19 December 2018
Ward
Gawsworth
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jul
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 211 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Eaton Bank Academy Jackson Road, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 1NT. Cheshire East has handled 8,314 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 22 weeks longer than Cheshire East's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Gawsworth. We hold 2,687 applications in total for the CW12 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Cheshire East Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CW12 1NT
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Congleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2018
Consultation expiry
19 July 2019
Consultation end
19 July 2019
Target decision date
19 July 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 3 Aeriel Way, Hucknall Business Park, Watnall Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
212 days

Additional information

Documents
53

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Havannah BridgeOn or next to this site

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    27 Jun

    Variation of condition 12 on approval 18/6251C

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  2. 2021
    19 Apr

    Discharge of condition 10 on approved app 18/6251C

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/2188D
  3. 2018
    19 Dec

    Change of use for creation of new Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP), installation of new 4.5m high ball stop…

    This applicationApprovedFull18/6251C

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