The Orchards Farm, Twemlow Lane, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, Cheshire, CW4 8DS
Approved on 19 August 2024
Council decision: Approved with conditions
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Proposal
Proposed use of land for a zoo & wildlife conservation park including amenity buildings, visitor centre, animal enclosures, storage containers, access, parking and ancillary works (Resubmission of 22/1435C)
- Submitted
- 21 March 2024
- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Ward
- Dane Valley (2011)
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Mar
- ValidatedValidated21 Mar
- Consult.Consultation14 May
- TargetTarget Date23 Aug
- DecidedDecided19 Aug
Decided in 151 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at THE ORCHARDS FARM, TWEMLOW LANE, HOLMES CHAPEL, CREWE, CHESHIRE, CW4 8DS. Cheshire East has handled 8,314 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 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 1,403 applications in total for the CW4 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
- CW4 8DS
- Application type
- FULL PLANNING
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Twemlow PC
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 14 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 14 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 August 2024
- Committee meeting
- 31 July 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 29 CLONNERS FIELD, NANTWICH, CW5 7GU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 155 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 435
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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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Associated applications
- 202528 Feb
Discharge of condition s 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 on approved application 24/1108C
RefusedDischarge of conditions25/0798/DSC - 202421 Mar
Proposed use of land for a zoo & wildlife conservation park including amenity buildings, visitor centre…
This applicationApprovedFull24/1108C
Source: Cheshire East
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