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Melrose, Mill Lane, Blakenhall, CW5 7NP

21/2103NFULL PLANNINGApproved
Full

Approved on 28 March 2023

Council decision: Approved with conditions

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Proposal

Change of use - From fallow field to vehicular access track.

Submitted
11 May 2021
Ward
Wybunbury (2011)
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 686 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at MELROSE, MILL LANE, BLAKENHALL, CW5 7NP. Cheshire East has handled 8,314 applications of this type. This one was decided in 686 days, 90 weeks longer than Cheshire East's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 489 applications in total for the CW5 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
CW5 7NP
Application type
FULL PLANNING
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Doddington District PC inc Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Checkley, Cum Wrinehall

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2021
Consultation expiry
9 June 2021
Consultation end
9 June 2021
Target decision date
24 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cobham, MILL LANE, BLAKENHALL, CW5 7NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
682 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    13 Feb

    Change of use of proposed conversion brick outbuilding to new dwelling.

    ApprovedFull Planning19/0762N

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