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78a Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire East, SK9 5JH

23/3735MPrior Approval: Change of use - All OtherApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 November 2023

Council decision: Determination - appvl not reqd (stage 1)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the first floor of the existing building from Class E (commercial) to Class D3 (dwellinghouse) to provide x1 one bedroom apartment. The ground floor would remain in Class E use (shop), and would not be affected by the change of use. No external works are required to the building.

Submitted
18 October 2023
Ward
Wilmslow West and Chorley
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 78a Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire East, SK9 5JH. Cheshire East has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cheshire East's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Wilmslow West and Chorley. We hold 971 applications in total for the SK9 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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
SK9 5JH
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use - All Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilmslow

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 December 2023
Consultation end
6 December 2023
Target decision date
13 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cheshire East

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