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Knutsford Gym Limited, 7 - 9 Malt Street, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 6ES

24/2464MCertificate of Lawful Use / Development - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Positive Certificate

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of proposed change of use from gym to a retail shop

Received
5 July 2024
Ward
Knutsford
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Knutsford Gym Limited, 7 - 9 Malt Street, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 6ES. Cheshire East has handled 1,224 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 July 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Knutsford. We hold 1,056 applications in total for the WA16 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
WA16 6ES
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use / Development - Proposed
Parish
Knutsford

Planning application dates

Validated
5 July 2024
Consultation expiry
19 August 2024
Consultation end
19 August 2024

Planning decision

Decision
Positive Certificate

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    11 Feb

    Advertisement consent for replacement signs on gable end.

    PendingAdvertisement consent26/0548/ADV

Source: Cheshire East

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