The Kings School building off Fence Avenue, FENCE AVENUE, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE
Approved on 30 September 2024
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Proposal
Non material amendment to existing permission 20/0246M; Approval of reserved matters, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout & Scale on outline planning app 15/4287M, for partial change of use and partial demolition of existing buildings and structures, including the change of use of Fence House into 27 apartments, and erection of 273 dwellings, landscaping, supporting infrastructure and means of access
- Submitted
- 20 March 2024
- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Ward
- Macclesfield East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield
- ReceivedSubmitted20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Sep
- DecidedDecided30 Sep
Decided in 194 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at The Kings School building off Fence Avenue, FENCE AVENUE, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE. Cheshire East has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 20 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.
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
- Application type
- NON-MATERIAL MINOR AMENDMENT
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 27
- Parish
- Macclesfield Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 30 September 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 194 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Bridge Number 36 at SJ 9269 7372, Macclesfield CanalOn or next to this site
- Green belt: Cheshire EastPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: Land East of Fence Avenue, MacclesfieldRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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Source: Cheshire East
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